During the din of gongs and drums, the Great Liberation drove away from County W. Xu Tao was not busy connecting with people around him like other comrades-in-arms, but quietly watched the familiar county town slowly disappear before his eyes until it was completely gone. Seeing a familiar scene, Xu Tao, who was sitting on the bag, unconsciously stroked the sleeves of the military uniform with his fingers.

Putting on this green military uniform again, and stepping into the military camp that he had dreamed of for five years, Xu Tao's mood is full of emotions, including longing, joy, unknown sourness and a trace of suppressed expectation.

The first step has been taken. Although Xu Tao doesn't know what is waiting for him, but Xu Tao knows what he wants, and Xu Tao will work hard to fight for it. For some reason, the team with the carved iron gate suddenly appeared in front of Xu Tao. The team that passed by him was the place where he had worked hard for five years but was still rejected. Xu Tao didn't know whether he could realize his dream or whether he was still rejected after working hard, but Xu Tao still wanted to Try it again, try to rely on your own efforts to walk into the compound with the carved iron gate that has a huge temptation for you.

Taking a deep breath, a gleam of obsession flashed in Xu Tao's eyes. The big black carved iron gate, the place that appeared in his dreams from time to time, the place that he forcibly suppressed all his cares and deliberately ignored, Xu Tao's He clasped his hands tightly, while encouraging himself, he also secretly deepened and aggravated his obsession.

Three hours later, there was another burst of gongs and drums. Xu Tao followed his comrades and boarded the train bound for the military camp under the organization of the military reception officer. Xu Tao's eyes flicked across the smiling faces, and there was a little bit of joy in his eyes, whether familiar or unfamiliar, the green uniform that could only secretly appear in memory, the trace that could only appear in dreams Heroic, at this moment, Xu Tao felt that the heart tightly wrapped by him was slowly loosening the shackles, and took a deep breath, which seemed to have a smell of dust in his breath, and Xu Tao smiled.

After putting away his luggage and sitting on the seat, Xu Tao looked at his comrade in the same car sitting opposite him. He was a middle-level talent with a dark face, but his eyes were flexible with a hint of agility. Xu Tao's eyes flashed a smile. The person opposite was a very A lively person, just as Xu Tao's thoughts flashed by, the face on the other side leaned over, "Dude, your family is from that county."

"County W." Xu Tao leaned back slightly and replied.

"My family is in County M next to County W. My name is Qin Dabao. What's your name? Our two families are not too far away. Your family is in the county, right?"

Xu Tao shook his head, "No, my family belongs to the Fifth Brigade of Qianshui in County W, and my name is Xu Tao."

Qin Dabao looked Xu Tao up and down with wide-eyed eyes, "Your family is in the village? Then why are you whiter than me?" Qin Dabao stretched out his hands after speaking, grabbed Xu Tao's wrists and swung them together. Putting them together, Xu Tao withdrew his arm, "I covered it at home all winter."

Qin Dabao shook his head and clicked his tongue twice, "I'm covering it at home too, why don't you make no use of it, but." Qin Dabao waved his hand, "We are old men, black spots are black spots, and nothing will be delayed. "After speaking, he straightened his chest.

Xu Tao nodded and smiled. In fact, Xu Tao is really not white. No matter how white the rural children are, they have wheat-colored skin with a faint luster. It's just that although Xu Tao is not white, he is paler than Qin Dabao who is opposite him. Many, Qin Dabao is indeed too dark, especially when he smiles, the person with white teeth looks even darker.

"Qin Dabao, if you fell into the ashes, people must think that there was a lump of black charcoal in the ashes. You are darker than our ashes. What did you do?" The person sitting next to Xu Tao saw the two chatting. , leaned over, stared at Qin Dabao and clicked his lips.

Qin Dabao pursed his lips, "I don't know, my father already said, if we didn't look so much alike, just looking at my dark appearance, I would think I hugged the wrong one." Qin Dabao's words made the people around him Haha laughed.

The person sitting next to Xu Tao was a fat black man. Xu Tao turned his head and took a look. His eyes were small, thick lips, and his eyes were a bit floating. Seeing the people around him looking at him, Xu Tao smiled, and the people next to him also smiled, "I His name is Zhao Dapeng, he is also from County W, and my family belongs to Rocket."

Xu Tao introduced himself again, including the people sitting beside Qin Dabao. Xu Tao, a comrade-in-arms from the Great Liberation, didn't know whether it was because he was afraid of people from a certain place forming a group or for other reasons. Xu Tao remembered that it was the same before. Before getting on the train, all the personnel were disrupted.

The four of them sat together and began to chatter here and there. Xu Tao seldom talked and listened most of the time, but Qin Dabao and Zhao Dapeng were talkative people, including Lu Guifu who talked more than Xu Tao. Qin Dabao was alone. , slowly attracted all the people in the front and rear seats, Xu Tao leaned on the back of the seat, and listened carefully to Qin Dabao's gestures and talk about some news he knew from veterans in the village.

Occasionally, a smile flashed in his eyes. Qin Dabao is really a person who can talk. The simple things he knows are said to be as wonderful as a long-length storytelling. Xu Tao envies people like Qin Dabao, lively and spontaneous. Xu Tao is not good. Xu Tao is a passive person. Unless he is very familiar with him, otherwise, Xu Tao will basically not speak. Even if he speaks, he will respond with the simplest answer.

And I don’t know if it’s because I was isolated when I was a child or because I spent more than ten years in the army among the female soldiers. Xu Tao speaks a little slowly. Xu Tao speaks slowly, coupled with Xu Tao's somewhat quiet personality, he is often ignored in the crowd.

After eating bread from the army and eggs brought from home, and drinking a pot of hot water, Xu Tao leaned on the backrest and closed his eyes to rest. Xu Tao remembered that they were going to reverse the car at midnight, and Xu Tao listened to the chattering of comrades around him. , but thinking of Xu Yan in his mind, as soon as he left, I gave my sister a flash. Fortunately, my brother-in-law, Xu Tao thought of his unborn nephew, and there was a trace of regret in his heart. Whether it was before or now, he did not see his nephew. Born, this time is even more so, no matter how you have to join the army for two years before you can have a vacation, then the little nephew will be able to run and dance.

Xu Tao slowly fell asleep amidst the sound of rattling train tracks, until a greeting came from his ears, Xu Tao opened his eyes, looked at Qin Dabao who was approaching him, Xu Tao smiled, "Are you there? "

Qin Dabao grinned and shook his head, "No, just now the leader said that we have to back up the car and let us pack up our belongings. Xu Tao, where are we going? Why are we going back up?"

Xu Tao sat up straight, moved slightly, and shook his head, "I don't know." But Xu Tao knew in his heart that all of them belonged to the 69th Division of the S Military Region, because this was the first large-scale conscription of the 69th Division, so this time There were so many recruits that they were all stuffed into the training camp in the ravine without breaking up, and they would be redistributed to each regiment after three months.

Xu Tao packed his luggage and put it by his feet. He checked the time. The train was still running at [-]:[-]. When it was warm, Xu Tao tightened his padded jacket. Because of his figure, although the padded jacket Xu Tao got was already the smallest size, it was still too fat for Xu Tao. Originally, he changed it according to Xu Yan's intention, but Xu Tao Rejected, the army is not allowed to modify the military uniform without authorization, once found out, it will be punished.

Xu Tao suddenly remembered the cardigan sweater Xu Yan brought for him. After thinking about it for a while, he didn't know how long it would take to get out of the car. Xu Yan knew that Xu Tao was leaving, so she wove it specially for Xu Tao. Xu Tao took off the padded jacket, put on the sweater, and put on the padded jacket again.

Qin Dabao saw Xu Tao's series of movements, "As for it, aren't we wearing padded jackets? Why are you wearing sweaters even if you have sweaters inside?"

Xu Tao buttoned it up, "I'll get off the car in a while, I don't know how long we'll have to wait, our military uniforms are big, and we're blowing wind everywhere, so wear more to save the cold."

Xu Tao's words made the people around him think for a while, and they all started to open their luggage to find clothes. Xu Tao smiled and didn't speak, but moved the luggage to the side so that he could carry it when he got off the car.

At [-]:[-], the train entered the station, and the receiving company commander organized the recruits in each compartment to get off the train. As Xu Tao said, they waited at the station for an hour and a half before boarding the train again. A sweater, Xu Tao's face was still blue from the cold, when the four of them sat down again, Qin Dabao took off the cotton shoes twice, and began to rub his feet back and forth, "I'm freezing to death, what are you doing, what are you waiting for?" Such a long time."

Qin Dabao, who was rubbing his feet vigorously and complaining, looked at the three people beside him, "What are you talking about, I don't think the train came from other places." Xu Tao and the three shook their heads.

Seeing Qin Dabao's movement, Zhao Dapeng also took off his shoes and rubbed his feet back and forth. Xu Tao knew that the two of them must have had cold feet from standing outside for a long time. Although Xu Tao didn't like their movements, he didn't stop them. Xu Tao knows the feeling of freezing feet, if he rubs them quickly to warm them up, his feet will become swollen and hot after a while, which is very uncomfortable.

After rubbing for a while, feeling much better, Qin Dabao looked at Xu Tao and Lu Guifu, "Aren't your feet cold?"

Xu Tao tugged his trouser legs, Qin Dabao saw the wool socks Xu Tao was wearing inside, grinned and looked at Xu Tao, "You have prepared so completely." Xu Tao smiled and nodded, "My sister knitted it for me, They asked me to wear them when I left."

Qin Dabao looked at Lu Guifu. Lu Guifu was also wearing a pair of wool socks. Qin Dabao grinned at the two of them, then suddenly dragged his luggage dejectedly, opened the bag, and pulled out three pairs of thick wool socks, "I have them too. My mother asked me to wear it, I thought it was troublesome, I knew I would have put it on." Xu Tao looked at Qin Dabao and then at the three pairs of thick socks, with a flash of a smile in his eyes.

Qin Dabao's actions made Lu Guifu and Zhao Dapeng laugh out loud. The three chatted and listened to each other. They didn't fall asleep one after another until four o'clock in the morning.

At four o'clock in the afternoon, the train stopped at the station in City D. All the recruits got off the train, walked past the big welcome slogan, and boarded the army green liberation cars waiting at the gate of the station, one after another. Although I knew there were many people, but Xu Tao was still a little shocked when he saw the neatly arranged military vehicles.

According to the requirements, one by one lined up and boarded one military vehicle after another. When it was Xu Tao's turn, half an hour had passed. Each vehicle was crowded with 40 people, standing next to each other, and Xu Tao held his hands. Xu Tao took a look at the green roof above his head and heaved a sigh of relief. Although City D is not as cold as his hometown, the weather in City D in December is Even if it was warm it wasn't much warmer.

The car moved, one after another, and the slow driving in the urban area did not feel anything. In addition, there were many people in the car, and Xu Tao did not feel cold. , Xu Tao still felt the biting cold, not to mention the comrades standing on the side, who couldn't bear the cold for a while and squeezed in.

I don't know how long it took, when Xu Tao felt that he was frozen and stiff, the speed of the car slowed down, the road was no longer smooth, swaying left and right, and finally the car stopped when Xu Tao felt that he was about to be thrown out, Xu Tao heaved a sigh of relief and swayed I shook my dizzy head for a while.

There was a loud roar from under the car. Xu Tao followed the crowd and jumped out of the car. He stood in the training ground, mixed with the crowd. Xu Tao took a quick look. It was still the same training ground, but there seemed to be something different. Suddenly it flickered, there were barracks and tents, tents?Xu Tao shrank slightly in his heart. Could it be that he gave up the tent?Xu Tao remembered that there were too many people at that time, but some of them were dragged to another more in-depth training camp five miles away, but now?

There was a big question mark in Xu Tao's heart, as if something was different, the thought in Xu Tao's heart was just interrupted by a person standing in front of the team with a loudspeaker.

Xu Tao was short and was caught in the middle. Except for the voice, he couldn't see the speaker at all. Xu Tao listened carefully to the words in the rustling sound. It was nothing more than some welcome words to welcome them. Not enough, some recruits have to live in tents. According to the requirements, they are divided into 7 recruit battalions, which is equivalent to the staffing of two regiments. One battalion is divided into five companies, and one company is divided into four platoons. .

Xu Tao didn't remember that much, so he was divided up and down. In the end, Xu Tao was divided into 5 battalions, 3 companies, 3 platoons and 1 squad. Due to the large number of people, the number of a squad was increased to 16 people, consisting of a squad leader and a squad deputy. to bring.

When Xu Tao saw the squad leader standing in front of their class, his eyes flashed with excitement, "Squad leader Lu, Xu Tao is back, Xu Tao won't hold you back this time and let you be scolded." He blinked his eyes to suppress the excitement in his heart , Xu Tao stood upright with his chest up, and looked seriously at Lu Hai standing in front of him.

Lu Hai saw the recruits who were standing upright and kicking back and forth in front of them. He narrowed his eyes slightly and glanced at the squad deputy Kang Mingqing beside him. The two exchanged glances. Lu Hai didn't say much. What, talking too much now is just nonsense, we should stay in tomorrow to officially start training and deal with these people.

"Follow me to the barracks we were assigned to, and then go to the cafeteria to eat." After Lu Hai finished speaking, he turned and walked to the barracks, one by one, carrying luggage and talking to the people who were walking behind Lu Hai to the barracks in a low voice , Lu Hai, who was walking in front, heard it but didn't say anything. He pretended not to hear and just led everyone in front, with his back to the recruits, but there was an unclear smile on his face.

And Xu Tao, who followed the squad leader into the barracks, was a little stunned when he entered the door. There was no bed in the empty room, and eighteen mats were neatly placed on the floor of the small room, except for the two mats near the door. The quilts were neatly stacked, and the rest of the mats were all empty. It was obvious at a glance that they were for people like them. Xu Tao murmured secretly in his heart, "It's so cruel." Think about twelve In the full moon weather, Xu Tao felt a little headache when he saw the mats on the ground.

And the comrades in the same class around him have already started discussing, complaining that there are no beds and only mats. Lu Hai glanced at the recruits in the discussion, "One for each, put your luggage, go out to eat, and get the mats." After speaking, he walked directly to The door awaits.

Xu Tao glanced at the comrades who were dawdling around him, and went directly to the place next to the wall, and put down the luggage. With the first one, no matter whether the rest of them are willing or not, they all find their own places to put their luggage.

Lu Hai glanced at Xu Tao, who was the first to put his luggage, and frowned slightly. He was too thin. Can such a physique last in the next training?Lu Hai put a big question mark in his heart, hoping not to hold back.

After eating, picking up the bedding, and returning to the dormitory after everything was over, Lu Hai looked at the time, thought for a while, stood in the room and looked at the recruits squatting on the mat to pack the bedding, "Everyone, speed up the movements of your hands, let's Have a simple class meeting."

Xu Tao looked up at Lu Hai, unfolded the tied quilt, folded it and placed it on the mattress, packed everything up and sat on the side waiting for the class meeting that Lu Hai said.

When everyone tidied up and sat together, Xu Tao realized that the so-called class meeting was not about talking about the class leader’s instructions, but letting everyone introduce each other. Among the sixteen people, Xu Tao remembered that the person next to him was Meng Jianming. Basically, he remembers a rough face shape. Thinking that he will be together for three months in the future, Xu Tao is not in a hurry to force himself to remember the name of the person, but carefully looks around the face shape of his comrades in the same dormitory, and knows a rough idea.

Di.. A long and sharp whistle sounded, and Lu Hai looked at all the recruits, "Remember the whistle, this is the lights-off whistle. From now on, as long as the lights-off whistle sounds, no matter what you are doing, turn off the lights first. As for you Go to bed right away or do something else, as long as you don’t affect others and don’t violate discipline.” After speaking, he stood up, turned off the lights and walked back to his bed.

Xu Tao also took off his cotton-padded clothes and lay down under the quilt. The cold quilt made Xu Tao shudder, and the low voice from beside him made Xu Tao turn over, face the wall, and lay down again in the square barracks. The conditions are difficult, but Xu Tao feels full of heart, no longer lonely, no longer cold.

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Xu Tao, who came down from the bus with a military backpack on his back, waved at his comrades in the field hospital, turned around and walked to the camp area. Xu Tao, who was seconded to the field hospital to participate in the exercises of the four major military regions, returned to City S today and returned to the troops directly under him. .

Tiredly walking through the small road on the side of the camp, Xu Tao came to the family area located in the innermost part of the camp. When he walked all the way to the end, when Xu Tao looked up and saw his small courtyard, his eyes flashed a trace of miss and joy.

After walking for a month and a half, Xu Tao felt that his longing for the man waiting for him in the house seemed to be overflowing. He quickened his pace and walked into the yard. When he took out the key to open the door, Xu Tao took a deep breath, deep breath The aroma filled the whole room, Xu Tao took off the backpack behind him and put it on the cabinet at the door, changed his military boots, put on his own cotton slippers, and went straight to the kitchen quietly.

Standing by the kitchen, Xu Tao saw the man standing in front of the stove with a spoon in his hand and lightly skimmed the soup, "Are you back?"

With a low, slightly hoarse voice, Xu Tao smiled, walked behind the man and hugged the man's waist, leaned his head on the man's back, rubbed his head, "Well, I'm back."

The man turned his head slightly, with a warm smile on his extremely ordinary face, he patted Xu Tao's hand on his waist, "Go and wash, we'll eat later." Xu Tao looked up at the man, smiling ,"good."

The man gently pulled Xu Tao's arm away, turned around and hugged Xu Tao in front of him, bowed his head and kissed his lover who had been away from home for more than a month, Xu Tao responded to the tender kiss, the lover who had known each other for 12 years and had been in love for seven years, let go of the silk Gangster gas, back here is only his lover, Xu Tao.

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