In the darkness before dawn, Niu Jun arrived early. She did not arrive at the next point, but rushed to the top of the mountain to meet with the troops. This made Li Shuai look at her with admiration.

Looking at Niu Jun who was sweating profusely in the dark, Li Shuai said, "You just climbed up?"

"Of course, don't look down on people. During the interview exercise, I ran around the mountains and fields with twenty or thirty kilograms of equipment, which is not easier than you soldiers. I have practiced it too." Niu Jun took out a towel to wipe his sweat, raised his chin and said.

Li Shuai praised, "Awesome. Why did you arrive early? Didn't you go directly to the next minute in the afternoon?"

Niu Jun said, "The original plan was that they would send a car to deliver it, but at night the troops had a car to come here, so I took a ride to avoid trouble for the comrades in the place."

"So you didn't have much rest," Li Shuai said.

Niu Jun smiled and said, "I've had a rest and I'll go to bed early. Don't worry, I won't be able to follow the troops and move."

"It doesn't matter. After going down the mountain, you will go to the main road. The logistics support team has a car, so you can take the car." Li Shuai said, "Do you want to rest for a while now? There is still half an hour before you get up."

Niu Jun handed the photography bag to Li Shuai and said, "Please put the equipment bag there, I won't rest anymore, it's just right for the sunrise."

"It's okay." Li Shuai took the equipment bag to his tent, and Wang Xiaoqing and Liu Xiaojian would naturally clean up the tent, and Li Shuai didn't need to worry about it.

The two found a commanding height and climbed up to look out to the east, chatting in the cold wind, waiting for the last ray of rising sun in the old years.

Niu Jun said, "The deeds of the old commander Zhao are simply shocking. I have never encountered such a thing in the years of working in news and publicity. I have been hiding so many great achievements for more than half a century, living a life that is even poorer than ordinary people, and have no self-dedication in my whole life. It is really shocking that the old man deserves the national medal."

She shook her head slowly and said, "I also know the troops and soldiers very well, but it is really difficult to fully understand the thoughts of the old Commander Zhao. People should do meaningful things in their lives and live a more meaningful life. But if you give your whole life, is there such a person? I believe there are some, and I have never doubted it, but I never believe that I can have the luck to meet such a hero."

Li Shuai said, "You seem to be very moved."

After a smile, Niu Jun said, "If you were me, you would be very moved."

"The ideas of the older generation are difficult to understand by young people today. Every era has its own characteristics, but this is not the reason why some young people become refined egoists."

Li Shuai carried his hands on his back and said in a deep voice, "My soldiers think that I am out of touch with society and do not understand many things in society. This is objective, but it does not mean that I do not know the overall situation in society. In fact, I am resistant inside. When I find that more and more things become strangers, I escape and do not want to spend time to understand. I am afraid that it will have an impact on my worldview."

Niu Jun looked at Li Shuai's side and listened quietly. This was probably the first time that Li Shuai had expressed his thoughts.

"When crossing the Qiongzhou Strait, the old captain who carried our landing craft talked a lot with me. His experience and his words gave me a lot of inspiration. It has been more than a year since I was injured. I have had many knots in my heart over the past year. It is better to say that I am competing with myself than to have other opinions about things. Now I am thinking about it." Li Shuai felt very comfortable, and in the end some of the depression had long disappeared.

Niu Jun was very happy and said, "You are finally normal. No, no, I mean you finally came out of the shadow and congratulations."

"Did you always know?" Li Shuai asked.

Niu Jun said, "It's not just me, maybe Chen Xueer knows it, and even Zhu Wei may have seen some clues. Everyone has never said it because your previous unit was quite special, so it's better to ask more questions or say more."

Li Shuai smiled bitterly, "It turns out that I just think I am hiding well."

"That's wrong. Why should you hide it? Life is not as good as ten, how can you have a smooth life? What should you do when you encounter something? Tell your comrades to your friends. The authorities are confused, and you may find the answer. Look, have you found the answer now? Your answer." Niu Jun said.

"Yes, you're right." Li Shuai nodded seriously and asked Niu Jun, "Tell me what to do with the bonfire party on New Year's Eve. You're more familiar with this."

Niu Jun thought for a while and said, "All of them are top players in each unit. Each class will have a program, and the female student class will have a final program. With some interactive activities, there will be no problem in three or four hours. We have female students, so it will be much more interesting than the bald team. But you have to leave at least two time for everyone to rehearse."

Li Shuai thought about it and said, "Yes, there is no problem for two hours. Then I will leave this matter to you with full responsibility. I would like to make a suggestion, after all, we are in the wild New Year's Eve. After all, we are in the army and are all scouts. The program will post it here."

"With me, please rest assured by the people of the motherland. How about this topic? I will broadcast live and broadcast live on various platforms." Niu Jun thought for a moment and had a topic.

Li Shuai gave a thumbs up, "I am worthy of being a news officer, I am amazing."

In 2018, the last ray of sunrise in the old calendar appeared across the extension of the Wuzhi Mountains, slowly spreading a layer of golden color to the earth. The morning fog in the mountains was clearly visible and slowly flowed away with the breeze.

The whistle sounded, and Wang Xiaoqing loudly ordered the troops to get up.

The students quickly got up and dressed immediately, and then started to wear backpacks. When they were unloading the tent, everyone saw the sunrise. The glittering scene instantly illuminated everyone's hearts and their movements became more and more nimble.

Today is New Year's Eve. The logistics support team set up a cooking cart at the foot of the mountain to make breakfast. After the troops went down the mountain, they could eat breakfast directly, eat something hot, have a good meal, and then continue to walk to the next point, that is, the Chanzhou Tourist Area. Today, people across the country are preparing for the evening reunion dinner. The arrangements that should be arranged at home, the cleaning of the grand cleaning, and the couplets of New Year pictures are all hanging and pasting them to create a New Year atmosphere.

After breakfast, the trainees from the national reconnaissance instructors trained in two columns along the village roads. The soldiers fully armed with big backpacks attracted the attention of the adults and children in the village. The brave children wearing new clothes ran with the team, jumping and talking and laughing, and joked with their companions. Then they ran to the front and stood in a row to salute the Young Pioneers to the troops. The officers and soldiers returned the gifts and were in a good mood.

"It's so hard for the soldiers to train during the Chinese New Year." An old man stood by the roadside with his hands behind his back and said to the neighbors next to him.

The neighbor said, "The army is ready to fight at any time, so why don't the war be there during the Chinese New Year?"

"It's the New Year." The old man shook his head and said he couldn't understand.

Whether you understand or not, the troops should do whatever they should do. Even on New Year's Eve, as long as it is during the mission time, there will be no idea of ​​the New Year. The troops must be in a clear state, and wear regular clothes in this second the next second, and switch quickly in all directions.

Of course, the students were resentful. They had to train hard on New Year's Eve, and there was no such thing in the army. Some of them had four or five years of military service. Not to mention other times, except for the military preparation and duty on the two major festivals of the Army Day and the Spring Festival, the rest of the troops were resting normally. In addition to the normal duty on duty, military training, political and ideological education and other work were all stopped to allow the troops to have a good rest.

New Year's Eve is still being trained, and it will definitely be training in the next few days of the first day of the Chinese New Year. This arrangement is for a long time to live. No matter how resentment is, it must be hidden in your heart. Whatever you should do, you have to do well. Besides, the training mobilization meeting has already been said that the Spring Festival holiday will be spent during this period and there will be no holiday. Everyone is prepared in their hearts.

The problem is that when you walk by villages, markets and other places, especially in rural areas, the New Year atmosphere is so strong that the students cannot continue to control their homesickness. They can't help but wonder how it is going at home. It should be the same as in previous years. Parents are busy killing chickens, ducks, and worshiping ancestors, while younger brothers and sisters are busy posting couplets. Perhaps the naughty brother will run out to play with friends to set off firecrackers...

One person is missing!

"The last time I spent the Spring Festival at home was a year ago, alas." Chen Xiao put his hands on his shoulder straps, looked down at the road and sighed.

Lin Xia was walking in front.

This time I learned to be smart, Lin Xia put the poor physical fitness in front, and she took the lead in front.

Lin Xia turned around and said, "The last time I spent the Spring Festival at home was in 2016. I just got the rank of corporal rank. Later, in 2018, in October last year, I had the second chance to visit my relatives."

She smiled and said, "It is difficult to achieve the opportunity for non-commissioned officers to go home to visit their relatives once a year. It is very good to be able to go home twice in three years. The most important thing here is that having the opportunity to go home to visit relatives during the Spring Festival is full of luck. I took advantage of the newly transferred non-commissioned officers at that time to go home to visit relatives during the Spring Festival."

"So, Squad Leader Lin, you are not at home for the Spring Festival in the third year." Chen Xiao said.

He Biting behind said, "I'm stupid for the second Spring Festival. Are you going to give all the mathematics to the teacher?"

Chen Xiao was stunned, calculated carefully, and smiled embarrassedly, "Yes, yes, the second Spring Festival."

Lin Xia smiled and said, "It's basically certain that I can't go home in the next Spring Festival. This year is 2019, and I'm the fifth year. If I continue to stay and transfer, it's difficult to go home to visit relatives during the Spring Festival, because we have to give priority to taking care of the newly transferred non-commissioned officers."

He Biting heard it, "So you must be transferred to the sergeant, Chief Lin Xia."

"Yes."

Lin Xia said, "Before coming to the training camp, our company commander made it clear that the organization asked me to continue to stay and transfer. I personally couldn't bear to leave, and I was very enthusiastic about this career. I would really not get used to it when I returned to the place."

At this time, Chen Xiao looked at Lin Xia seriously.

This is a sister who is about 24 years old, but if you look at her appearance, you would think she is already thirty years old and has been engaged in physical labor for a long time, and there is no trace of youth at the age of twenty years old. Especially those hands, with rough skin like a woman who has been farming for twenty years. If you were asked to see it, you would definitely cry bitterly, for those hands that might be doing manicures frequently.

In the eyes of Chen Xiao and others, Lin Xia is tall and taller, because she understands it deeper and deeper. Zhang Xiaoran’s deepest feeling is inferiority. She is really inferior because she is also twenty-four years old and is the same as Lin Xia. But Lin Xia is already a corporal in her fifth year, and she is just a little private. Lin Xia’s excellent military qualities also make Zhang Xiaoran feel ashamed.

Since Zhang Xiaoran knew that she had just joined the army, and that she was studying for a graduate student, there were objective reasons, but the fact that she was not as good as Lin Xia. How could this peer not make him feel inferior in his heart. The army needs highly educated talents, and more importantly, high-quality soldiers.

Zhang Xiaoran is not a person who is used to making excuses for himself. It is precisely because of Lin Xia, a role model, that she gritted her teeth and insisted on it again and again. Even though she almost couldn't bear it like Chen Xiao, she gritted her teeth and persevered until the end. What was the point of putting a few bubbles in the soles of her feet for this?

She had been hesitating whether to stay in the team before. He Biting did her ideological work and she tended to stay in the team, but she was still hesitant. At this time, seeing Lin Xia’s example, she was more inclined to stay in the team.

After thinking about it, Zhang Xiaoran caught up with Lin Xia and asked, "Squad Leader Lin, did you stay in the team as soon as you graduated from high school?"

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"No, I joined the army when I was a freshman, and I was a college student soldier. In fact, I only took it in the school for less than half a year, so I am not a college student soldier." Lin Xia said.

Zhang Xiaoran asked, "Which university?"

"Southern Technology." Lin Xia said.

"This is a good school, a research-oriented university." Zhang Xiaoran was in awe.

Southern Technology is a large boss hidden in domestic universities. It was once called the "Hong Kong University of Science and Technology" in the mainland. Most people don't understand it, but Zhang Xiaoran, who is already studying for graduate students, belongs to Menqing. This is a young university, which was particularly famous in the country for its enrollment methods. It is the first and only university to recruit fresh high school graduates with "not only score theory". It is a test field for educational reform and an innovative university.

It is neither 985 nor 211, and it is responsible for the important task of breaking a path of educational reform.

In the eyes of most people, South China University of Science and Technology is a strange flower among Chinese universities. However, as time goes by, this school seems to be moving closer to tradition. However, who is not the one who does research in this area, who knows?

So Lin Xia was admitted to South China University of Science and Technology four years ago. It was in 2014 and the value was still very high.

Zhang Xiaoran said, "South China University of Science and Technology, if you choose to retire and go back to continue your schooling, it should be the best way."

"Yes, for me, the way you said is the best. If you have the status of a veteran, you will have many preferential treatments if you go back to study. That's what I originally planned. I decided to stay and transfer because my ideas changed. As for studying, as long as I have the intention to study, it is not a problem. Being an eight-year soldier and returning to continue to study at the age of 26 and 27 is not bad." Lin Xia explained with a smile.

Zhang Xiaoran was very surprised, not because of Lin Xia's analysis, but because of Lin Xia's understanding of the future. Lin Xia's eyes were clear, which shows that she had a very clear understanding of the future. Her eyes had the light of ideals and beliefs, which made Zhang Xiaoran feel ashamed.
Chapter completed!