Take Arada back to the past

Chapter 695: Almost a Wholesale of Meritorious Service
The leader was the commune director, who was not wearing a sheepskin coat but a woolen coat sold in a department store.

He looks like a senior official.

"It's snowing now, search for footprints nearby for me."

The other party was making arrangements there, and then the group went around to look for it.

Yang Xiaole looked at it curiously, then hid and quietly entered the space.

Searched around.

Xizi is quite reliable in doing things.

The footprints nearby are all human footprints, and they disappear once you go there.

I don’t know if it was intentional or left by these woodcutters.

He also found a cave where sheep were stored on a hillside five kilometers away, but the cave was not so sophisticated and seemed to be built in a simple way.

There are several holes in total.

At this time, there were three middle-aged men watching there.

After being here for such a long time, he could understand some things, but it was obvious that he didn't know the situation in the village.

There was a messy trail of footprints leading to the distance.

The direction is not that of the village.

Following the footprints, he found a way out.

The roadside is 3 km away.

There is a half-built building here, and you can't tell what it is.

I guess all the ways in and out are from here.

There would certainly be no trace of it anywhere near the village.

And there are two people watching outside.

After watching for a while, he quietly left and returned to the village.

These people went through a lot of trouble and searched the snowy mountains, but they couldn't find any sign of wool.

Seeing that it was almost time for lunch, the commune director said something serious and then drove away.

After the people left, the villagers dispersed and each went back to their own mothers.

Xizi was looking for him in the village. After searching for a while, he finally found his brother behind a pile of firewood.

"Xizi, here!"

Seeing Yang Xiaole greeting him, he hurried over.

Looking at Yang Xiaole's position, he smiled and said, "You really know how to find a place!"

As he spoke, he looked down the mountain.

Yang Xiaole also took a look.

Here you can just see the shadow of the car leaving.

I saw a black dot moving in the white snow, and it looked like it would never come back.

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole smiled and said, "How do you want to sell your pet? I came here to get rid of it for you."

Seeing this, Xizi smiled and said, "4 cents a pound. If you kill the meat, the price will be higher. What price will the other party offer?"

Yang Xiaole handed him a cigarette and said with a smile: "Give me an approximate number. Weighing is really too troublesome."

Hearing this, Xizi thought for a moment and said, "The bigger one is probably around 70-80 kilograms, and the smaller one is around 30-40 kilograms. It's hard to estimate!"

Yang Xiaole thought about it for a while and said, "How about this! You go find someone to weigh the sheep, and I'll take it away."

"Take him away? How are you going to take him away? In a hurry? That's too conspicuous. I hope nothing bad happens."

"Don't worry, it won't happen. Go and arrange someone."

Hearing this, Xizi thought about it and agreed: "Okay, I'll go get the scale, and we'll go over there later. I'll take you there."

"Okay, I have a bike, I'll take you there later!"

If you go in a circle, this route is not very short.

This place is relatively poor, and Xizi, the production team leader, doesn't even have a car.

Xizi agreed upon seeing this; "Okay, then wait for me, I'll go and give instructions and come back. Wait for me at the intersection."

After saying that, he left directly.

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole quietly left and returned to the intersection.

After waiting for a while, Xizi came over carrying a sack.

"Let's go, ride north, but be slow on the road!"

"Hey, don't worry!"

Yang Xiaole said with a smile, and then the two of them got in the car and drove away along the road.

We arrived at the place we had explored before and got out of the car.

"You lock up your car and hide it in the snow. Few people come here."

After getting out of the car, Xizi explained to him.

Yang Xiaole agreed and followed the other party for a while. When they came to a slope, he locked the car and dumped it in the snow.

Then the two of them walked away on the snow.

The two of them walked the three kilometers for nearly an hour. After all, it was snowy, not an ordinary road.

There are people on guard here.

Before they arrived, they were discovered.

After a while, a man came towards this side.

The other party looked at him warily.

Xizi explained it in the local non-standard dialect, and the other party didn't say anything.

Continue towards the cave.

None of the people here are educated youth. I guess Xizi doesn’t trust those educated youth very much. After all, there are many activists among them.

After arriving at the place, Xizi was the one communicating there.

Then the weigh-in was arranged.

There are five people here, including Xizi, making six people.

Two people carried the sheep on a shoulder pole and weighed them, while the others were responsible for catching them.

The scale that Xizi brought had two hemp ropes on the hooks, and simple iron buckles on the hemp ropes, so there was no need to repeatedly untie the ropes when weighing.

Just buckle it up and you can weigh it.

One sheep after another was pulled over and weighed, then thrown into the empty cave next door.

Yang Xiaole was in charge of registration there, after all, he was the buyer.

The weight of the hemp rope was recorded one by one.

It took four or five hours to weigh all 152 sheep, and it was almost sunset when they were finally finished.

Remove the small sheep, and raise them for breeding.

The total weight is 6577 kilograms, with an average weight of about 43 kilograms.

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole took out some money from his clothes and counted it out to him.

"You brought the money? Aren't you afraid that it will be unsafe on the road with so much money?"

Seeing this, Xizi asked in a low voice.

Seeing that no one was coming over, Yang Xiaole laughed softly, "You are my brother, what should I be afraid of? No one will know on the road. If it doesn't work, I will reveal my identity. Who dares to search me?"

Then he handed the counted money to the other party: "2828, I'll make it an integer for you, 2830, okay!"

Sheep are so cheap nowadays!
The average price is less than 20 yuan per head.

Seeing this, Xizi took it with a smile: "I want to order it. After all, it's not my personal thing, and it's for other people to see."

After saying that, he took the money and went aside to count it with others.

After everything was ordered, he came back happily.

"Brother, how are you going to transport these sheep?"

Seeing this, Yang Xiaole pointed to the hillside one kilometer away and said, "You ask someone to help me drive these sheep over there, and you don't have to deal with the rest."

That's the way we came.

Then he said, "Don't worry, I won't expose your side."

Xizi agreed after hearing this.

Leave one person behind and call on the others to start herding the sheep.

I saw a group of sheep being skillfully driven by several people.

Yang Xiaole and the other person naturally followed behind.

Walking on the road, Yang Xiaole looked at Xizi and said, "Here is the money. It's public money. I'll send you some money when I return to Sijiu City. Don't waste it."

He had originally planned to give Xizi some money this time.

But when the incident of selling the sheep happened, he gave up.

Don't think that Xizi has accepted the bribes. The money he sent is all recorded, so there is no need to worry about any confusion.

Seeing this, Xizi smiled and said, "No need, I still have more than a hundred dollars from the money you sent me before! It's enough for me to use for a long time."

"Okay, you don't have to worry if you have money in your hand. Take the money, just in case you need it urgently!"

Seeing him say that, Xizi didn't say anything.

"By the way, today is the 11th and our train is on the 15th. Do you have any letters to take to your parents? I won't be here then."

Xizi thought for a moment and shook his head: "No, just go back and tell them about my situation. Thank my parents for me and say hello to them. I will go home when I have the chance. This year marks the third year that I haven't been home for the New Year."

Yang Xiaole thought for a moment and said, "Okay, you decide for yourself. If you want to go home for the New Year, please send me a telegram in advance. If I can take a leave, I will try to go back."

"okay, I get it."

Xizi agreed.

When they got there, Yang Xiaole said to Xizi, "Okay, leave the sheep here. You guys go back first. It's not a short journey."

"how about you?"

"Don't worry about me, just relax."

Seeing this, Xizi hesitated for a moment, but finally agreed: "Okay, I'll go back first."

Come over and give me a hug.

Yang Xiaole patted his back, and after letting go, he watched him leave.

Yang Xiaole watched the sheep huddled together for warmth, but he didn't pay any attention to them and just waited there.

After waiting for more than half an hour, I entered the space and walked around nearby.

Within a radius of several kilometers, there is only one production team, Xizi and his team, and they are all hibernating. There are also a few residents living near the road.

But none of them came out.

After coming back, he put all the sheep into the space.

We did some things nearby as if there were many people coming over, dropping off a small amount of wool, taking the car, and then leaving.

He was not in a hurry to go back. After watching Xizi return to the production team, he rushed to the county town.

……

"You're back. Have you eaten?"

Seeing him come back, Gao Lin asked with a smile.

"Yeah, I ate it. On the way back, I had a bowl of mutton soup on the street."

Yang Xiaole came in, took off his hat, and handed him a cigarette.

Gao Lin smiled when he heard this: "You kid, you went out to eat without calling me! Oh, by the way, the millet here is very nutritious, and we still have a lot of food coupons, so we can buy some millet to bring back later."

"I figured you've almost had your meal! It would be nice to buy some millet to take back. Let's go to the shop opposite tomorrow and have a bowl of wide-belt noodles. I thought it tasted good the last time I ate it, and I want to eat it again." Yang Xiaole said with a smile.

I've been here for so long, so of course I won't always eat in the cafeteria.

The two of them went out to restaurants quite often, and basically ate the local specialty noodles.

Moreover, the noodles at this time are basically gray noodles, which are very chewy and have no additives.

He can get used to most of the noodles here.

Of course, there are a lot of delicious food, but also a lot of food that you are not used to.

Gao Lin agreed with a smile: "Sure! Let's go eat at noon tomorrow."

The two chatted there and then talked about He Jingya.

Song Jingming clarified the matter about He Jingya today. The two of them were indeed not dating, but they had missed the time.

And for some unknown reason, a rumor spread that He Jingya would be sent back to the production team.

After listening to this, Yang Xiaole clicked his tongue.

Oh my goodness, it was sent back again.

Xizi, Xizi, a good horse never turns back to the old pasture, so don’t be foolish and go back to lick it!
If he finds out, I'll come back and break his legs.

He didn't care about this matter and wouldn't remind anyone. If Xizi couldn't figure it out himself, he would be the one who regretted it later.

But he was still quite surprised that He Jingya was sent back.

But after this incident, if there is any recruitment to go to the county town or recruit soldiers in the future, he will not be included.

The matter is quite serious.

He had not expected this result at first, and in the report letter he wrote, he used the phrase "maybe they were in a relationship".

It was not confirmed later.

But he would also feel guilty about something.

Anyway, he never claimed to be a good person.

In the next few days, Yang Xiaole followed Gao Lin to deal with the enlistment of new recruits.

I went to the bathhouse to take a bath before leaving one day.

……

The morning of the 15nd.

The People's Armed Forces Department held a farewell party, held a brief meeting, distributed military uniforms, and then everyone was driven to Yan'an by the county.

Military coats are required when you go to the army, and you can only wear the autumn military uniform as a routine.

Towards evening, everyone got off the train.

When we arrived at Yan A, which is the urban area, more and more new recruits gathered from various districts and counties.

When he arrives at the place, Gao Lin will naturally connect with the people here.

Arrange food and accommodation for everyone.

Because the train is tomorrow, I have to take a bus from the provincial capital to Sijiucheng the day after tomorrow morning.

Accommodation was arranged for everyone at night.

The next morning, everyone boarded the train to the provincial capital again.

When we arrived at the provincial capital, there were more new recruits joining the army.

There was no way to arrange accommodation, so everyone could only sit in a draft-proof place at the train station or nearby.

Yang Xiaole and Gao Lin naturally accompanied these people.

"Platoon Leader Yang, when will we arrive?"

Song Xiaobao sat there, looked around, and asked him.

Yang Xiaole looked at the other party and smiled: "It will probably take about a week! It depends on the situation on the road."

During this period of time, Yang Xiaole also established a certain relationship with Song Xiaobao and Hou Chunlin.

The reason is that they are both from Beijing.

Fortunately, the three of them are not in the same school and do not live on the same street, so as long as they don't call him "Second Brother" and don't mention anything familiar.

I'm not worried that anyone might notice.

This was also what he specifically instructed.

From now on in the army, everyone will call him Platoon Leader Yang. As long as he is careful, he won’t leak anything.

But once they got there, even if it was revealed that they knew each other, it wouldn't matter much.

Song Xiaobao smiled and nodded.

There are many educated youth here, and also a small number of people from peasant families.

Liu Erzhu is one of them. This guy is a bit dull and doesn't like to talk much. He just does whatever you tell him to do.

Fortunately, my brain is still sharp.

Everyone huddled together and sat at the train station all night. Fortunately, they all had thick clothes.

The next morning, everyone boarded the train to the Northeast.

Along the way, the two of them were responsible for arranging food and drinks.

When they arrived at Sijiu City, Yang Xiaole could no longer run around like before, coordinating cars and watching these people.

I didn't go home this time.

I went to Qu Ying's place and gave her some millet and other things, and also sent some money to Xizi.

I quietly called my eldest brother to make sure everything was fine. I didn’t even eat at home and went straight back to the train station.

I took the train all the way to the train station.

Fortunately, I sent a telegram to the group in advance, and a car came to pick me up when I arrived.

By the time they arrived at the company, it was more than a week later.

"Company commander! Instructor!"

Gao Lin and his men got out of the car and saw the company commander and instructor coming out of the company headquarters.

He Mingyuan looked at the group of new recruits getting off the bus and smiled at Gao Lin, "Thank you for your hard work along the way. The dormitories have been arranged. You can take them to the newly built dormitories, take a good rest first, and write a letter to your family to let them know you are safe.

Hold a welcome party for them in the afternoon and prepare some meat dishes. Pay attention to the mood of the comrades.

After you have settled down, you two can come to the company headquarters."

Gao Lin agreed.

So he took his people and left for the dormitory.

When these people get to the place, they are like weaklings.

After all, it took more than a week.

Not only the new recruits, even Gao Lin felt very tired.

"You stay in the dormitory first. We will go to the company and come back to talk about your assignments later."

Gao Lin said to everyone.

So he took Yang Xiaole to the company headquarters.

Leaving behind a group of people chattering.

……

When Yang Xiaole and his companion arrived at the place, there were only the company commander and the instructor.

"Company commander, instructor!"

Saluted.

He Mingyuan nodded and said with a smile: "It must have been a tough journey! Nothing happened, did it?"

Gao Lin shook his head: "No, everything is normal!"

"That's good. I'll have to trouble you today. When the time comes, we'll divide them into groups. Now that they're in the army, we can't be as chaotic as before."

He Mingyuan finished speaking and then looked at Yang Xiaole: "Yang Xiaole! The company has finalized your work arrangements. In April, the 4rd platoon leader should be transferred to civilian work.

You will temporarily lead these new recruits for three months and serve as the platoon leader. In April, some of these people will be transferred to other platoons. You will then serve as the platoon leader of the fifth platoon, and Meng Zhiyuan will take over the position of platoon leader of the third platoon. "

Yang Xiaole hummed and said, "I will follow the organization's arrangements."

December is the time for recovery, but the transfer is in March, to be exact, I officially left the army on April 12st.

Not a batch.

It's just right for him to wait until he finishes training the new recruits, and then take over the 5th Platoon, which is the male educated youth platoon.

He Mingyuan smiled when he heard this: "That's fine! By the way, do you know the results of this Corps Competition?"

When Yang Xiaole heard this, he smiled.

No need to think, you know the result.

Although these people may not be as good as me, they are definitely capable.

Without waiting for his answer, He Mingyuan smiled and said, "We had 10 people in our company and won 11 first places. Zhang Xuesong won two. This has never happened before in our Production and Construction Corps. We didn't even give out any rewards at that time.

After a few days of discussion, we finally gave the answer, awarding your class a first-class collective merit and Zhang Xuesong a second-class individual merit."

Yang Xiaole was not surprised by this result.

This is a corps-level competition, not a division-level one.

Theoretically, if you get first place, you can get third-class merit.

I guess it was because this incident was too eye-catching, and he made this decision after weighing the pros and cons.

And there are not so many opportunities for meritorious service.

Otherwise it will become cabbage.

In fact, this reward is not as good as everyone getting a third-class merit award.

But it's all over now, there's no point in saying more.

He Mingyuan looked at him and smiled: "What's wrong? Are you dissatisfied?"

Yang Xiaole smiled and said, "No! This is already very good."

The first-class collective merit will also be recorded in the file, which can be regarded as a kind of recognition.

Even if these were non-wartime achievements.

He Mingyuan wanted to laugh when he saw this, "Okay, there's nothing else to do. Your salary has been delivered by the logistics department. Go to the quartermaster to collect it."

"it is good!"

Yang Xiaole agreed and turned to leave the company.

"quartermaster!"

When he came to the quartermaster's small office, he saw Cao Fei busy there and called out to him.

The other party looked up and said with a smile: "Oh, Platoon Leader Yang! Are you here to collect your salary?"

"Well, the company commander asked me to lead it."

"Okay, wait a moment!"

Cao Fei finished speaking with a smile, took out the registration form, looked at it, and said, "You haven't received your salary for two months. Your monthly salary is 80 yuan, minus 14 yuan for food and miscellaneous expenses... the total is 5 yuan. Do you want to take it all out?"

Yang Xiaole nodded: "Yes, take them all out."

He had received the few dollars of allowance on time before, and he had received it when he went to the border and when he came back.

Seeing this, the other party agreed, counted the money, and put it on the table: "Count it and sign it."

Yang Xiaole took the money and signed.

Then he took the money and left.

As for the travel expenses, we will deal with them together when the time comes.

(End of this chapter)