The door of the courtyard house has been welded dead

Say goodbye to the old year with the sound of firecrackers and celebrate the New Year with joy.

The sound of firecrackers outside was crackling, and Liu Feng, who was living in the guesthouse, really missed home.

It has been his third year in the army. It has been his third year in the army and he has not been home for three years. He has no idea what the situation at home is like.

How are my younger brother and sister? Is it snowing at home?
Pushing the window open, Liu Feng spread out his palms and could see hexagonal snowflakes falling on his fingertips. After melting, they became a group of small water droplets.

Downstairs, a group of people were cleaning the road.

“Dangdang, dangdang~!”

"Liu Feng, squad leader Liu, ding-dang, ding-dang~!"

Hearing Li Nan's shouting, Liu Feng slowly closed the window, and the homesickness on his face gradually faded away.

"what happened?"

Looking at Li Nan standing in the corridor with his hands behind his back, he looked a little puzzled.

"The guesthouse doesn't provide meals today. They asked us to eat in the office cafeteria. Here are the meal tickets~!"

Li Nan pulled his hand out from behind his back, and what was pinched in his thumb was the receipt he received from the front desk, which could only be used by people from outside units when they went to dine.

"Aren't all of us in the military here? Why are we still on holiday?"

"The cook is on holiday~!"

He waved the ticket in front of Liu Feng, who had a helpless look on his face and had to reach out to catch it. It was just the office canteen. He hoped that there wouldn't be too many leaders on duty.

The guesthouse of the General Logistics Department is better. As for the office cafeteria, you can imagine how many officers go there to eat.

From the art troupe to the General Logistics Department, this is the place where Liu Feng has seen the most officers, and the ranks of each one are frighteningly high. Even Li Nan's brother, who has the rank of lieutenant colonel, has to salute when he comes here, let alone him who is in his third year.

"Shall we go back and eat?"

But as soon as Li Feng stretched out his hand, he saw Li Nan, like a monkey, putting the ticket behind his back and winking at him.

Liu Feng's face immediately became serious. He looked left and right in the corridor and then shook his head.

He knew where Li Nan was going. Although he was not in his own army now, he dared not run around when he was sent here on official business.

"We can't leave this compound. This will lead to mistakes, Li Nan~!"

The conditions in the guesthouse arranged by the General Logistics Department were quite good, slightly better than the officers' dormitories. He was too embarrassed to go to Li Nan's home again.

He still felt a little scared when he thought about the last time he was stared at by the neighbors standing outside the door.

"Captain Liu, please be kind. It's Chinese New Year. Let's have a reunion dinner and then come back. My family eats early, so we had lunch at noon. My brother has to go to his father-in-law's house to celebrate the New Year in the afternoon, so we will be back in the afternoon~!"

It seemed that Li Nan had anticipated Liu Feng's resistance before he came. He grabbed his arm and shook it, then began to persuade him with both soft and hard tactics.

"No, no, Li Nan is violating discipline. Go back to the higher-ups..."

"If you don't tell me and I don't tell you, how will the higher-ups know? They are also celebrating the New Year over there. They are probably already making dumplings now. The heads of our agencies are also celebrating the New Year. They have been changing their clothes for a few days. It's time to take a break~!"

Liu Feng had concerns because he had to consider staying in the team and he couldn't make any mistakes at this time.

Li Nan, on the other hand, has nothing to worry about. He hasn't even completed his first year of military service. Once no one is watching over him, anything lawless can happen~!

"Li Nan, I know you miss home and want to go back to spend the New Year with your family, but when we put on these clothes, we can't...!"

"I'm going back to collect the debt from my brother. He's been staying at my father-in-law's house for two days and I won't see him. After the New Year, we'll complete our mission and he'll let me go back anytime. He still owes me a song. Don't you want to listen to the new song he wrote? When I bring it back to the art troupe, do you think it will be the next "Military Bugle"?"

When it comes to making specious arguments, Li Nan is never inferior to anyone. Liu Feng just refused righteously and brought up this matter. Now it is not a question of whether Li Nan will go back for the New Year, but whether the art troupe wants this song.

"When we go back...!"

"My brother is very busy. Sometimes I don't see him for several days. At that time, he went abroad for inspection in a hurry and was away for more than half a year~!"

He couldn't win the argument, he simply couldn't win the argument. Liu Feng was helpless at this moment. He couldn't say anything harsh to Li Nan. Facing her constant nagging and even using excuses, he had no other way to deal with her.

"Then how are you going to get out~!"

"I have a plan. We are here on business and have to go back after the New Year. I said I would go to the train station to check the train schedule. The guard will not stop me, and the train station is not closed today~!"

Li Nan did have quite a few tricks up his sleeve. After he finished speaking, he just stared at squad leader Liu with a look of pity in his eyes.

"Okay, okay, you go, go by yourself, give me the ticket~!"

"Give me the letter of introduction, and I'll return it to you when I come back~!"

"Be careful~!" "Got it, squad leader Liu~!"

After Li Nan left, Liu Feng closed the door and pounded his head with a slight headache. Fortunately, it was New Year's Day and the army was on holiday, so no one checked on those of them who were on business trips.

Unlike when they were in their own army, they had to take roll calls during the New Year and other holidays, and they all lived in the guesthouse. Unless someone from the Quartermaster Office came to look for them, no one else here would pay attention to these two soldiers from Chengdu.

"Shh~, assemble!"

Liu Feng was lying on the bed, doing nothing, looking at the meal ticket in his hand, when he heard a whistle outside.

The habit he had developed over the past three years made him jump up from the bed. Suddenly he remembered that he was not in the barracks, so he laughed at himself and opened the window.

"You TN guys, you are just shoveling snow like this, who are you trying to fool? It's New Year's Eve, I don't even want to say anything to you, finish your work early, bring it back early, the dumplings are already wrapped, Qing is waiting, why are you dawdling here~!"

"Ma Pai, we've done our job, but the snow is too heavy. We're shoveling as it's falling, shoveling as it's falling, but we can't shovel it clean~!"

Yes, the snow in Beijing was much heavier than in Chengdu. It was falling heavily in the sky, but they were not small snowflakes. Looking through the window glass covered with a thin layer of ice, you could tell that this job was indeed not easy.

"Even if you can't clean it up, you have to lick it up. Didn't you see that everyone in the first shift has taken it back? Their venue is bigger than ours, how can they clean it up? The standard cannot be lowered. You have to show your work style. If you keep procrastinating, go back and wait for the dumpling soup~!"

The young platoon leader who blew the whistle had only a star on his shoulder. It was obvious that he had just been assigned to the company for a short time. He was leading a team on a business trip, and he had to be cautious in his work.

"Captain Jin, if you don't go back now, I'm afraid you won't even be able to drink the dumpling soup~!"

"Why are you complaining to me? I haven't complained yet. I should have helped in the kitchen. Making dumplings is more fun than doing this bottomless job~!"

Liu Feng, wrapped in a military coat and pushing open the window, listened to the complaints of two soldiers working downstairs and couldn't help laughing and shaking his head.

When the shovel was used to dig into the cement road, sparks were indeed produced. However, it didn't take long for the snowflakes to fall to the ground, melt, turn into water, and then form a thin layer of ice.

Perhaps considering that there were family members visiting relatives staying in the guesthouse and worried that someone might get injured, they asked people to remove the ice and snow. The army has always treated the family members with an inclusive and caring attitude.

"You guys, if you keep doing this, you won't be able to finish until the afternoon~!"

Two soldiers who were working downstairs looked up and found that the people upstairs had pushed open the window.

The one with a stronger body covered his Leifeng hat on his head and looked at Liu Feng who seemed to be watching the fun and not minding any trouble. He immediately became annoyed.

"Tsk, comrade, we are here on a voluntary business trip to your company to shovel snow for you, and you are still making sarcastic remarks. Don't I know whether we can finish the work in the afternoon~!"

The person next to him tried to pull the person who was speaking back, but the straightforward young man had already said his offensive words.

"no……!"

"What do you mean, you guys celebrated the New Year, we are freezing to death, you either come down and help us, or stop saying these sarcastic words~!"

As he spoke, Jin Kailai, who was still angry, widened his eyes and looked at Liu Feng upstairs. The two of them stared at each other from a distance. The man downstairs, with his hands behind his waist, still had a strong aura.

"Okay, go get me some salt from the guesthouse. Salt can melt the ice. I'll be right down~!"

Liu Feng was really stimulated by Jin Kailai's words. Maybe he was bored upstairs, so he looked at his brand new military coat, took it off, and went downstairs wearing only his cotton jacket.

"Hey, I think you have the best idea, this salt can really melt the ice~!"

After finishing the work, smoke was already coming out of Liu Feng's head, but the effect was really good. On the road where the salt particles were sprinkled, the snowflakes that fell to the ground melted into water and no longer froze.

"If you sprinkle a little more, it probably won't bear fruit by the evening. This is called knowledge changing destiny. You can catch up with the lunch~!"

In response to Jin Kailai's thanks, Liu Feng smiled and waved his hand. A small favor was nothing. He had gained experience working in the art troupe. Fortunately, the distance between the guesthouse and the main road was not far, otherwise, there would be a lot of work to do.

"Studying. I, Jin Kailai, joined the army because I didn't want to study. Seeing those words gives me a headache~!"

"Comrade, I've been busy for so long, but I still don't know your name. Come, have a cigarette~!"

Liu Feng not only taught him how to remove ice scientifically, but also did it himself. Jin Dapao, who usually liked to complain, couldn't complain in front of such a person. At this time, he turned off the engine and respectfully offered a cigarette.

"Thank you, I don't smoke. My name is Liu Feng. I'm from the Rongcheng Military Region Art Troupe. I was sent here on a business trip by the military region. I didn't mean to make sarcastic remarks just now. I meant to remind you~!"

"Hahahaha, it's me, Jin Kailai, who is narrow-minded. I misunderstood you. Comrade Liu Feng, I apologize to you."

"Chengdu is in the southwest, right? Tsk, the southwest is great. It's not like Beijing. When winter comes, there are endless errands and endless snow to shovel. I joined the army because I wanted to fight on the front lines and see how many arms and eyes the enemy has~!"

Liu Feng doesn't smoke, so Jin Kailai put away his cigarette and rested his hand on the shovel handle, as if he felt a little regretful for not participating in the "exercise" two years ago.

"If you want to go, then you can apply to a military academy and choose Southwest China for your graduation assignment. Maybe we can meet on the battlefield by then~!"

"Okay, then I, Old Jin, will listen to you. I really want to go to the front line. If I stay here any longer, I feel like I'll just be able to shovel snow when I return!"

The two young men shook hands and patted each other on the back. It seemed as if an invisible bond in fate connected the two of them together. (End of this chapter)