Chapter 77

How can you still be distracted by this kind of thing at this time?

Lu Yuanzheng cried out, “If you weren’t in such a soulful position, would I have reacted?”

Is it still her fault? Xu Wen grunted heavily, “Lu Yuanzheng, you can sleep by yourself tonight!”

Lu Yuanzheng: “”

Decisively admitting his mistake: “Daughter-in-law, I was wrong! I’ll lose sleep without you”

Xu Wen rolled her eyes, not even believing in punctuation

In order to build the road, they had to knock down rocks from the mountains and transport them down, it was all physical labor

Although Lu Yuanzheng was a battalion commander, he was not the one who could sit in the office and help out in the palm-sized island, which usually had little to do

He often goes to help out When he comes back from a tiring day, he just dips his pillow and goes to sleep

There is no such thing as insomnia, you can’t even wake up

I can’t wake up, but when I blow the whistle, I wake up

Whether they are assembling or training, they rely on a small iron whistle all day long, and every cadre has one, starting with the squad leader and going up

There was a time when Lu Yuanzheng drank a little, plus he was tired and fell asleep, so he couldn’t wake up

The people underneath him were looking for him on an urgent matter

Xu Wen was also anxious: “What should we do?”

The company commander silently took the whistle off his neck and handed it to Xu Man, “Sister-in-law, blow it at him and he’ll wake up”

Xu Man looked skeptically at the whistle in her hand, not so convinced

She had just pinched his face and didn’t wake him up, so how could a whistle wake him up?

Xu Wen went upstairs and blew once she entered the bedroom

Lu Yuanzheng rubbed a bit and sat up, eyes clear, the first thing is to draw out the wooden warehouse, click loaded

The whole process took less than thirty seconds

Xu Man was dumbfounded

She had never seen such a Lu Yuanzheng

Usually when he woke up early, and woke up normally, he wouldn’t have such a big reaction

His reaction was more like a stress reaction, or a conditioned reflex, to being awakened from a deep sleep

Lu Yuanzheng also reacted, re-collecting the wooden silo and wiping it on his face, blinking, “Scared you?”

Xu Wen nodded, “More or less The second company commander is looking for you, says something’s up”

Lu Yuanzheng comforted her as he put on his pants, “I’m sorry! It became a habit”

He buckled his belt with one hand and pointed down at the whistle in her hand, “This thing is an order to us”

Xu Wen gave him the whistle to return to the company commander as he went downstairs

The slight fear of the past was followed by heartache

Most of Lu Yuanzheng’s habits were something that went against one’s normal physiological reactions

Of course, it wasn’t just Lu Yuanzheng, many soldiers on this island had the same habits as him

Even the second company commander who gave her the whistle was like this

Lu Yuanzheng didn’t know that Xu Wen recalled his “whistle conditioned reflex” because of his insomnia comment, and thought that she was upset, so he patted her lightly on the shoulder, “Are you really angry?”

Xu Wen was woken up by his pat and shook her head, “As long as you’re not afraid of losing face! What am I so angry about?”

Playing surfing on the sea in the middle of the day to raise the national flag is really something

Lu Yuanzheng rubbed his nose, “Luckily they can’t see it here”

He relied on his skill and courage to bring Xu Man to surf further out into the sea to experience greater excitement

The closest duo to them, the Winter Sang duo, were busy competing

Besides, the waves were coming one after the other, covering their heads and faces, so they definitely couldn’t see clearly

Xu Wen didn’t want to talk about such childish topics and asked him, “How does surfing feel?”

“Quite exciting In your words, quite stress relieving”

Hearing Lu Yuanzheng’s affirmation, Xu Man turned back towards him and gave him a yay, revealing an extremely bright smile

Lu Yuanzheng was slightly stunned and smiled along with him, a mouthful of white teeth that contrasted sharply with his skin color, especially eye-catching

So after the personal experience of Lu Yuanzheng, Dongsheng, and that first warrior who signed up to try it out, everyone agreed that Xu Man’s proposal was passable

Without saying a word, Shi Lei bought a bunch of prizes from the commissary out of his own pocket and swung them toward the battalion headquarters, “Win them all away if you can”

The prizes were there, but the rules of the competition were not there, and most importantly, there were no surfboards

Shi Lei and Lu Yuanzheng went to ask about it, and it’s not that there are no surfboards for sale in the market now, but they are expensive

They want a few hundred surfboards, even if the money is enough tickets are not enough, good boards are to foreign exchange coupons, this is really not good to get

Especially their profession is sensitive

So after discussion, the battalion paid for the materials, and came back to do it themselves

Anyway, it’s just to have fun, and they are not really going to compete with the professional not so elaborate

Shi Lei counted a bit painful: “Just buy raw materials is not cheap ah!”

“Don’t be afraid, when we play well, those people on the islands will certainly also learn, do a good job selling boards to them, but also earn back!”

Shi Lei: “”

Treacherous!

Then he deliberated on the wording, “You and your sister-in-law are worthy of being a pair!”

It was fortunate that self-employed people were not allowed to do business, otherwise he had a reasonable doubt that everyone’s money would go into these two couples’ wallets

“Thanks!” Lu Yuanzheng knew exactly what he meant, but still took it as him complimenting himself and Xu Wen

The corner of Shi Lei’s mouth twitched as he signed his name to give the purchase order to Lu Yuanzheng, who also signed it and handed it to the clerk for him to send to the finance

So for the next week, everyone quarried and paved the road during the day, and worked together on crafts at night

By the end of the week, basically everyone had a surfboard

Fresh rules for the competition also came out

The competition was divided into individual and team races

Individual competition is voluntary, and there are prizes for the top three

The rules of the competition are to see how many waves the contestants can surf within thirty minutes, and there is only one chance, if you drop your board, you lose

The contestants are then scored according to their start, turn, distance, etc, out of ten

The team competition is company-based, each company selects a group of people to compete in the competition, the rules of the competition is based on the individual competition to accumulate team points

The rule of the game is to accumulate team points on the basis of individual competition, and the single person is scored out of ten, and after scoring one by one, the total score of ten people will be added up

The company with the highest total score enters the next round until the champion and runner-up are decided

Of course, this was the official rule, and they had privately agreed on other rewards and punishments for winning and losing

The judges were Xu Man, Shi Lei, Lu Yuanzheng, and several company commanders

Xu Man represented the masses, plus she advocated this project, so there was a place for her on the judges’ table

For fear of accidents at night, and because of the large number of participants, the competition was scheduled for Sunday morning

Saturday left everyone to practice for another day

After breakfast, excluding those who were on guard duty and other security positions, everyone gathered densely on the beach, waiting to see the surfing competition

There were also non-competitors holding surfboards, ready to try their hand in the water after the competition

As Xu asked, although surfing didn’t indicate that it was a young man’s game, most of the people who liked to play were young people, or people who especially liked excitement

The others, although not participating, were willing to come and take a look for the sake of freshness

After all, people have curiosity

The first competition was the single race

Surfing is a new game for the island’s officers and soldiers, no one has enough experience, they are all amateurs who have only just entered the profession

There were a lot of sign-ups, split into several groups, but the contest ended quickly

Most people didn’t have the athleticism and balance that Lu Yuanzheng had, so the competition quickly came to an end in a state of chaos

The first place winner was the guy who knew how to surf, his name was Guo Jianye

Xu Wen whispered to Lu Yuanzheng, “He’s pretty good! Did you grow up on the beach too?”

Lu Yuanzheng shook his head, “No, his family is from Beijing, living in a compound with guards He is a member of the red generation From his grandfather onwards, his family are all soldiers, and also set the rule that every generation of the family must have a military In fact, the conditions of the Guo family now has been completely unnecessary, but the old man axis, no matter what the conditions of the family ”

Guo Jianye dad brothers four people sacrificed on half, Guo Jianye second uncle, even so, the old master also still insisted that Guo Jianye their cousins must be out of a soldier

Even so, he still insisted that one of his cousins must be a soldier The elder women’s weeping and crying could not change the old man’s mind

Guo Jianye’s three cousins drew lots to see who would become a soldier, and he won the lottery

He did not say anything, but instead the family adults can not afford, relying on the relationship between the father, intends to arrange for Guo Jianye a lighter point of residence

The old man did not know how to know, a fury, directly made the decision to throw him to the side of the road expedition

Here is the seaside is also separated from Beijing with a whole country, their family hand is not so long

But, Lu Yuanzheng they are the first line of combat troops, easy to lose their lives kind of

Lu Yuanzheng said here, the tone with respect: “light old man himself earned meritorious service is enough to shelter the grandchildren, he did not want to let his grandchildren forget the original before making this decision Moreover, Guo Jianye’s father and uncles were also highly decorated in battle including those who had already died for their country”

Xu Man had a kind of admiration, “The old man’s awareness is really high”

“Well, the old man’s awareness is high because he has witnessed bloodshed, he is afraid that his children and grandchildren will live in the peaceful era for fear that they will forget their roots as they are being buffeted by the affluent life” Lu Yuanzheng pointed to Guo Jianye who was hugging a box of instant noodles with excitement like he had planted a jackpot, “Can you imagine him like this now, at home as well as being a cockney with aunts taking care of him?”

Xu Man shook his head, it might be easier for someone to believe him when he said that he was the second fool from the next village

A face sunburned with only a mouthful of teeth still white, for a box of instant noodles not worth much money bared teeth happy indeed a little silly

Lu Yuanzheng looked at Guo Jianye also smiled, “He just came really not like this, white and clean to speak especially Sven, the lower side of the people always laughed at him Ernizi”

The two ninja is not a good word, describing the boy as effeminate

Guo Jianye always red-faced refute, but his family background as well as not a dirty talk dirty talk, not only can not win the fight is always angry and cried, it is more to be added to other people laugh at his reason

But men! Want to get recognized is also very simple, come up with strength on the line

“Don’t look at him now like a dragon in the sea, when he first came here is a dry duck We’re not like your swimming pool instructor who waits for you to get used to it No one follows the rules when it comes to fighting, and you have to push yourself to the best of your ability if you want to stay alive The greatest mercy to a new recruit is to give a tire before going into the water ”

Xu asked interrupting Lu Yuanzheng, “Why give a tire?” A tire that heavy and still won’t fall off?

“It’s not an outer tire but an inner one Inflated it can be used as a swimming ring” Lu Yuanzheng explained, “The tires used for cart wheels like those pulled by oxen at home are divided into two layers, the inner rim is soft and is very buoyant when inflated Some of the vehicles in our army also used this kind We marched and fought, do not dare to use the car tire that has been patched twice, replace it is also a waste as a swimming ring”

Xu Wen let out an oh, “Quite good at utilizing waste”

Not bad Xu Wen did not know, she has seen the car tires on only one layer without inner tires one say

“There’s no way around it” Lu Yuanzheng laughed softly and continued, “The way we teach swimming is rather crude Either swim a set of swimming laps and swim three kilometers first If you don’t dare to go into the water, we’ll have a boat to follow and pull people into the middle and throw them directly into the sea You have to swim even if you don’t want to swim As long as not drowned never right will not care”

Xu asked, “”

She smacked her lips, “Isn’t this not good?”

Also too rough

“Is not good Not so then there are two choices, sitting on the boat to be killed or fall into the sea and drown training choose one”

Xu Man didn’t say anything

Learn to swim to have a third option, jump into the sea to escape

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Lu Yuanzheng and these people, maybe the water movement is not perfect, to participate in the Olympic Games absolutely can not win awards, but on the sea survival, swimming champions are afraid that they are not their rivals

They can hold their breath for a long time, at least the average level of breath-holding exceeds the limit time of the human body announced by experts

They can silently sneak to the enemy ship nearby, not even half a splash

It was also possible to march for kilometers in huge winds and waves

“I was his company commander when he enlisted, and I was the one who kicked him down to the sea for the first time” Lu Yuanzheng was a bit emotional, “It’s only been a few years? Now this kid is awesome! The once dry duck is now a top swimmer in the battalion”

Lu Yuanzheng remembered something and sighed lightly with a frown, “It’s a pity! Such an excellent soldier will be discharged this year”

“Huh? Why?”

Lu Yuanzheng spread his hands, “He’s over twenty years old, and his family is urging him to go back and find a daughter-in-law Besides, the old man died last year, so the family doesn’t want him to be here by himself They also want him to go back to take the college entrance exam”

“He doesn’t want to stay himself? Weren’t you guys able to take the military academy too?”

“Once thought, now should be changed his mind As for the military school ,” Lu Yuanzheng also a little regret, “he took the test twice and didn’t get in”

It’s not that Guo Jianye’s level is not good, he often fights and doesn’t have time to review

“Why?” Xu asked to change his mind

Lu Yuanzheng smiled bitterly, “Why else? Before, he was on the field to kill the enemy, and the more he fought, the more courageous he became He had seen his comrades die in front of his eyes and was determined to kill the enemy and take revenge! And has always done so But now, every day on this island without a battle, day after day of boring labor Coupled with the call of his family all day long, he was shaken up! And just resumed the college entrance examination, with his family’s ability, as long as Guo Jianye exam almost, the future career without worry”

Xu Wen didn’t say anything

Very understandable

Otherwise, Shi Lei wouldn’t have such a headache

Being a soldier was also divided into conscripts and volunteers

Compulsory soldiers only served for two years, and could be voluntarily discharged when the time came

Volunteers are even more voluntary, and can choose to be voluntarily discharged or apply to stay in the army after serving for an agreed number of years

The road expedition they give up or not give up or still have to respect everyone’s wishes

In fact, it is not good to stay is not impossible to stay, can not be forced to discharge

The main is not necessary

Lu Yuanzheng did not speak again, looking at the playful crowd, once again was stopped outside the security line

Company-based twenty players are ready to take position

At the referee’s whistle, they flopped and flopped into the sea in unison

This was accompanied by the sound of harsh words being put into each other’s mouths

“First Company, Grandpa will be waiting for you to wash his socks next week!”

“Second Company’s, remember brothers have to wash their underwear by hand!”

There was also the sound of laughter from the onlookers

Each company picks ten, naturally they are all good swimmers

But being a good swimmer doesn’t mean that you’re good at surfing, it only means that you’re not afraid of being drowned by the sea water

Xu Man looked at their floating figures in the sea, pondering

Such young and energetic warriors really shouldn’t make the days of guarding the island deadly dull

Xu Man chewed on his pen cap and asked Lu Yuanzheng, “Do you think that if we recruit some female comrades on the island, will they be willing to stay here?”

Lu Yuanzheng frowned and reached out to take the pen cap off her lips, admonishing her, “Why are you always biting the pen cap like Dongsheng? Dirty!”

Xu Man let go and let him take it away

Only then did Lu Yuanzheng return to her, “If some female comrades really come, at least half of those who are going to be discharged won’t leave”

Lu Yuanzheng moved his eyes back to the sea, and then said, “The leaders at the top have issued a message, in the future, the officers and soldiers stationed on the island will have additional subsidies, and I heard that the amount is not low When added up, it’s equivalent to getting two months of allowance a month Just for this, there are many people who will stay After all, they all had to support their families Of course, young soldiers have little pressure on money and a lot of pressure to marry If this problem could be solved who would want to leave?

After all, it’s easy to get discharged from the army, it’s harder to put on the clothes again”

“That’s true There’s a saying that men often say called ‘Being a soldier regrets two years, not being a soldier regrets a lifetime!’ I don’t know from which year and from whom this saying has been passed down, but I guess it is the deepest feeling of those who have been in the military, otherwise it couldn’t have been passed down for so long”

“Being a soldier regrets two years, not being a soldier regrets a lifetime?” Lu Yuanzheng hadn’t heard this phrase before, repeated it, smacked his lips, laughed, and agreed, “Indeed!”

Xu Wen suddenly approached Lu Yuanzheng’s ear and asked him in a particularly low voice, “What about you? Is there an additional subsidy as well?”

Lu Yuanzheng sniffed and raised his hand to scrape the tip of her nose, “Wealthy!”

Xu Wen let out an ouch and covered her somewhat sore nose to glare at him

Lu Yuanzheng laughed softly, “Not only do I have it, you have it too! In the future, my sister-in-law who accompanied the army to the island will also have a living allowance But it’s not much, just about ten dollars a month, right?”

“Quite a lot!” Xu Wen was content, and she felt that the other sisters-in-law would be too

They didn’t have to care about anything, they ate and drank for free, and they still had ten dollars to get

At home, a laborer got about 70 cents a day, and Zhu Meizhen and Sang Xiaoqing only got eight cents a day, or 56 cents a day, when they were not busy with farming

It’s only sixteen or seventeen dollars a month

Of course, Xu Wen’s contentment is this policy, not satisfied with ten dollars

She was looking forward to getting rich when the policy was liberalized!

She thought about it and asked Lu Yuanzheng, “Then are there many sisters-in-law willing to come to the island?”

“It’s hard to say Sister-in-laws who don’t have a job might come, and those who have a job definitely aren’t cost-effective It depends on whether they want a stable job or are willing to come to the island for a family reunion The older children can’t, they have to go to school, so they can’t just go to the island and leave their children behind So not many should end up coming”

Xu Man lowered his head and scored the fallen soldiers on his book

Next to him, Lu Yuanzheng sighed softly, “There’s another policy that has to do with us I might have to go back on my word, the wooden huts can’t stay as long as you want We’re afraid that we won’t be able to stay on the island for long, and that wooden house will be given over to someone else”