"No." Cui Pingjie hurriedly shook his head and explained, "I didn't spend any money. My family is a poor family. The town gave me a spot to take care of them. If I come in a few days …" Cui Pingjie's eyes turned red as he spoke. He forced his tears back and muttered, "When I left, everyone gathered money to send me off. If I go back in two and a half days, what am I supposed to say?"
Cui Pingjie couldn't help but cry after he finished speaking. When he cried, the other people in the class didn't have the mood to talk. They cleaned the classroom and thought about their own matters.
Qu Sen had heard the news that the infantry regiment might be disbanded when he was in the new recruit company. However, he didn't care about it.
Qu Sen studied in a junior college. It had been two thousand years, so there was no market for a junior college degree. The moment he received his graduation certificate, he was faced with unemployment. His parents discussed and decided that it would be better for him to join the army. After two years, he would be able to arrange a job. At that time, his family could use their connections to make a living.
Although a junior college degree wasn't worth much in society, the recruitment officers were very happy when they saw Qu Sen's file. They had been talking about improving the quality of the soldiers for a few years now. However, there were very few college students recruited every year. There weren't even many high school graduates. The rest were all graduates from technical secondary schools. There were even a lot of people who joined the army with a junior high school diploma.
This young man had a decent appearance and good physical fitness. He majored in computer science. After he passed the background check, he was happily pulled away by Zhuang Junlie.
Therefore, Qu Sen was very clear about his position. He would stay in the army for two years and then go home! He heard that after he finished his military service, the government would give him tens of thousands of yuan in subsidies.
As for the disarmament, he couldn't wait to recover and go home after half a year. As long as he was given a job as usual, it couldn't be better.
…
Qu Sen had the beautiful wish of going home after a few months. Since he stepped into the military camp, his depressed mood had unknowingly improved a lot. After all, he had endured the tough days in the new recruit company. After leaving the company, although the training was still heavy, his body had basically adapted to it. For a moment, the early spring sun seemed so bright and beautiful.
However, the life of a soldier seemed to be destined not to be so smooth. Liu Fei, who had always disliked Qu Sen, quickly began to cause trouble for him again.
"What kind of bullshit game are you playing? Internal affairs? I think it's bread! Any worker at the construction site would be better than you! What are you looking at! Reorganize! "As he spoke, Liu Fei reached out and pulled the blanket that Qu Sen had folded in the morning to the ground.
Liao Genzhu wanted to say something, but when he opened his mouth, he swallowed the words that were about to come out of his mouth. Everyone in the company knew that Liu Fei did not like Qu Sen. Ever since the recruits left the company, he had been intentionally or unintentionally standing between the two of them, trying his best to mediate their relationship.
But this time, it wasn't easy for him to say anything. After all, cleaning up the class was within the scope of the class's vice president's authority.
Qu Sen clenched his teeth and picked up the blanket from the ground. After laying it on the bed, he refolded it according to the blue lines drawn with an oil pen. The entire time, he didn't make a sound.
This time, Liu Fei found an opportunity to flip out. Qu Sen had nothing to say, but he still felt wronged in his heart.
There were seven people in the class, and four bunks. The three veterans each took a lower bunk. The remaining lower bunk was taken by the taller Qu Sen.
Originally, having a lower bunk to sleep in was a good thing. But the problem was that the dormitory was facing the sun. Qu Sen's bunk just happened to be facing the window. Most of the time in the morning, the sun would shine on it, and the blanket was made of cotton. This caused the blanket that was folded horizontally and vertically in the morning to become a ball in the afternoon.
Normally, when the weather was good, people would take the blanket out to bask in the sun. At night, it would be fluffy and soft, making it very comfortable. But this was a disaster in the army. Let's not talk about other things. During the inspection, it was very common for someone to fail to pass. Every time, points would be deducted.
Normally, if the blanket was fluffy under the sun, no one would be blamed. But this was the army, and soldiers only had requirements. They didn't care about any reasons.
Anyway, he didn't want to be some elite soldier. If it was someone else who said this, Qu Sen would definitely smile and ask for advice. But it was Liu Fei, so he couldn't do that.
So Qu Sen used his hands and forearms to repeatedly press down on the blanket that was folded into three. He gritted his teeth and didn't make a sound. Liu Fei looked at him from the side for a long time. Maybe he felt that it was quite boring, so he snorted and turned his head to leave.
Liao Genzhu gently patted Qu Sen's shoulder and advised, "Be considerate of the squad leader. Today, our class got points deducted during the inspection. The company commander scolded him, so he's not happy." Seeing that Qu Sen nodded and still didn't say anything, he said, "It's okay. A new blanket is like this. Just put in more effort and it'll be fine."
"Yes!" Qu Sen finally replied, but his hands didn't stop moving.
Liao Genzhu looked at the few recruits who didn't dare to make a sound and said with a smile, "It's understandable. But since the points were deducted from you, you have to be responsible for earning them back during the training and assessment!" Then he also left the room. In his heart, he thought, "I still need to have a good talk with Liu Fei."
The three recruits felt that the atmosphere in the room was a bit depressing. They looked at each other and then silently left. When they arrived at the army, they easily learned to smoke. The regiment was also a non-smoking camp, so when their smoking addiction flared up, they could only go to the large toilets beside the field to relieve themselves.
Seeing that everyone had left, Wang Shuai, who hadn't made a sound until now, moved the stool under his butt towards Qu Sen. He laughed and teased him, "Don't hold it in. If you want to cry, then cry. I won't laugh at you."
Qu Sen, who was originally extremely sullen, was amused by Liu Shuai's words. The anger in his heart subsided quite a bit. He dejectedly sat down on the blanket and helplessly asked, "Class Leader Shuai, how did you fix your blanket?" As he spoke, he used his eyes to signal the class leader's blanket on the other side. It was also next to the window and was illuminated by the sun for half the morning, but it was still horizontal and vertical.
"This." Liu Shuai laughed and dragged out the word, but he didn't continue. Qu Sen immediately understood. He took out a cigarette and handed it over with a smile.
Liu Shuai nodded with satisfaction. He put the cigarette into his chest pocket and then said, "Usually, there are two ways to solve this situation. This is the first way." Halfway through his sentence, Liu Shuai lowered his voice, "Take the measurements and secretly saw a few thin boards in the tool room. When you fold the blanket, stuff it inside …"
"Will it work?" Qu Sen's interest was immediately piqued.
"Yes, it will work!" Liu Shuai smiled proudly and then lowered his voice again, "But when you check the interior, you have to do something good. You'll be exposed if you casually pinch it."
"Tch." Qu Sen rolled his eyes.
"Don't cut it. There's a second way. There's absolutely no need to be afraid of the inspection!" Liu Shuai didn't care about Qu Sen's rolling eyes and continued to show off proudly.
Qu Sen waited for a long time and didn't hear anything else. He could only take out the cigarette box again. After seeing that there weren't many left, he simply stuffed the cigarette box and the box into Liu Shuai's pocket.
"Smart!" Liu Shuai praised with a satisfied smile. Then he lowered his voice and spat out a word like a thief, "Water!"
"Water?" Qu Sen didn't understand.
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