I asked you to repeat your senior year of high school, but did you miss out on joining the military

Chapter 350: Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel, All Are Good Leaders

"Battalion Commander, the brigade commander wants you to go to the brigade headquarters."

When Chen Jun was standing in the camp supervising the general cleaning work, clerk Deng Jiawei ran over to inform him.

"okay, I get it."

Responded.

Chen Jun also knew clearly why the brigade commander asked him to go there at this time.

But he didn't know that his schedule for tomorrow had already been known by Kyoto.

Just waiting for him to come over.

Looking up at the cold wind of late autumn blowing around him, the dead leaves on both sides of the camp road kept flying and falling. Chen Jun took a deep breath and looked a little dazed.

It’s December, has winter arrived?
It should be winter.

It's winter again and I'm going to Kyoto. Four years have passed since the year of the Strong Army Plan exam, and the situation is very different when I go to Kyoto again.

Time flies so fast!!

I remember it was the winter of 12 when I really got to know Li Haiyao's name in Kyoto. We went from knowing each other to becoming familiar with each other, and then we lost contact for a few years.

I didn't expect that in the blink of an eye, I would be visiting someone's house.

While Chen Jun was distracted, Deng Jiawei had already driven over.

"Captain, the car is parked here."

"It's time to leave."

Deng Jiawei is the person who knows Chen Jun best, apart from the orderly Li Wujie who went to learn driving.

He knew everything that had been circulating in the camp recently.

After all, everyone is not blind. The battalion commander and the female captain of the delegation are close, and the whole battalion knows about it, plus there is a slight breeze blowing in from outside.

Wouldn’t it immediately become the biggest melon in the entire camp?

Chen Jun wrapped his military uniform around him, walked up to the deputy battalion commander Ma Hongjie, gave him a few brief instructions, and then drove away.

Watch the vehicle go away.

The instructor He Yingtao waved at the clerk and asked with a smile on his fat face: "What did the brigade say? Did they tell him what they wanted Lao Chen to do?"

"Report, no!!"

Deng Jiawei shook his head in response.

"Well, get back to work."

Not finding any gossip topics from the clerk, Lao He turned around and walked to Ma Hongjie again, and nodded in the direction where Chen Jun left: "Lao Ma, how confident do you think Lao Chen is in going to Kyoto this time?"

"how could I know."

Ma Hongjie was not such a gossipy person, so he rolled his eyes at Lao He and said, "You son of a bitch, why are you asking about this when you don't have any work to do?"

"If you have time, hurry up and prepare for tomorrow."

"You know nothing!!"

He Yingtao heard this, put his hands on his waist, looked at the car that had already run away and said: "I am in charge of life, and Lao Chen's life is also life."

"Besides, I don't believe you aren't curious about the outcome of this trip to Kyoto?"

Hearing this, Ma Hongjie glanced at him and said nothing.

Curious, who wouldn’t be curious about this?
But no matter how interested they were, it was useless because the battalion commander never discussed it or told them anything from beginning to end.

The soldiers in the battalion also knew about this, and they all tacitly agreed not to mention it to the battalion commander. However, the entire battalion remained silent about this good thing.

From another perspective, it already represents the opinions of the majority of cadres.

In the past, matters concerning Li Haiyao's family were only spread among a few cadres, but as long as the soldiers below were not stupid, they could guess something based on the slightest movement.

They really have no experience in this matter.

On the other side, the brigade headquarters.

Brigade Commander's Office on the fifth floor.

Tao Lu was smoking one cigarette after another, while Political Commissar Xu Wensheng was sitting a little further away, staring at two jars and two pottery pots on the table in front of him, studying them intently.

"Crack!!"

Hearing another sound of a fire, Xu Wensheng immediately looked up and cursed in a bad tone.

"Lao Tao, why do you keep smoking?"

"It's just a small matter. How can a brigade commander like you be stumped?"

After he finished speaking, Tao Junming ignored Xu Wensheng, smoked most of the cigarette he had just lit, and then pushed the cigarette butt directly into the ashtray.

After a long while, he spoke with some depression.

"Stop talking nonsense and return my name to me as the brigade commander. Aren't you also the political commissar of the 179th Brigade?"

"Come on! Fight me if you can."

Tao Junming pushed the phone on his desk towards where Xu Wensheng was sitting.

The two of them argued for a while and then fell silent.

The first battalion will be awarded ranks tomorrow, and Chen Jun will also go to Kyoto. As the leader of Chen Jun's unit, it is reasonable for him to inform Kyoto about it.

Even just saying hello is fine.

The military district began to pay attention to this matter, but the army refused to fight and threw the task to the brigade.

The military and political commissar said, "Our soldiers are our own children. We are going to visit Kyoto tomorrow. If you don't tell us in advance, who will?"

Anyway, that's the truth.

Who let the old man’s granddaughter stay with them for so long?
It's time to go back. There are so many units in the entire military region, but not one has called to say hello or even said a word.

That's really unacceptable.

This is a correct logic, but it is also unfair. It feels like I am kidnapping someone else's daughter. Even if I prepare generous gifts, I still feel inferior to them.

If it weren't for this reason, it would definitely not be so easy for Political Commissar Xu to go to the army to exchange tea.

As the two of them couldn't reach a consensus on the phone call, Xu Wensheng simply stood up and walked to the window.

He raised his hand and pushed the window open with a "click" to get rid of the smell of smoke in the office.

"Okay, it's been a while since the message was delivered to the First Battalion."

"Let's both put away our stinky faces and don't let that stinky boy Chen Jun laugh at us later."

"He dares!!"

Tao Junming heard this and waved his hand domineeringly: "This brat is the one who caused all the trouble. Let him make the call later."

"When I get to the headquarters, I'll take the call and chat with the chief."

"It's just taking off your pants to fart. How beautiful can you be with that extra move?"

Xu Wensheng curled his lips and cursed, and then he said nothing more.

Anyway, our Political Commissar Xu has very convincing reasons. It is impossible for him to make this call. Li Haiyao is the old man's granddaughter, so it should be Tao Junming, who is also the military chief, who should make the call.

If Chen Jun really found the political commissar's granddaughter, then our Political Commissar Xu would feel that it would be more appropriate for him to step forward and communicate.

After all, the nature of the work is the same, so communication is easy.

Hey!
But this reason was not a reason, and Tao Lu really had no way to refute it.

This is the situation.

When Chen Jun strode to the door of the brigade commander's office, he suddenly saw that the door and windows were open.

The cold wind blew violently, and he felt that something was not right in the atmosphere.

Chen Jun immediately stopped and cautiously looked inside.

As soon as he caught sight of them, Chen Jun walked in awkwardly, because the brigade commander and the political commissar both had dark faces and were looking at him. "Report!!"

Chen Jun walked into the office, stood at attention and saluted in a serious manner.

Although nothing could be seen on the surface, his mind was frantically analyzing what had caused the two leaders to be in this state.

Chen Jun suddenly stuck his head in to look, catching the two people in the room off guard. After they recovered, Xu Wensheng smiled and raised his hand to point at the jars and pottery on the table.

Said: "Should you take a day off tomorrow?"

"Please pick up all these things when you go to Kyoto, and bring them back directly when you return to the camp."

"This is so inappropriate."

Chen Jun saw that the chief's expression had eased, and he was still wondering if it was not because of him.

He immediately turned his head to look at the jars and pottery jars on the table. His mouth was almost grinning to the back of his head.

He said that it was inappropriate, but he ran straight to the table and stared at the gift with burning eyes. The wine jar was relatively large and earth-gray in color, which looked very old.

It is a bit similar to the feeling of the daughter's red wine prepared for daughters in some areas of China, and the mouth of the jar is sealed with mud.

Compared with the wine jar, the pottery jar for tea leaves next to it is a jade jar to be precise. Its shape is an imitation of the melon-shaped Hetian jade jar made by Emperor Kangxi.

This thing is much smaller. It is easy to hold two jade jars in one hand and move them. When you get close, you can see that the mouths of the jars are sealed with wax.

Even though the jar is small, it can't hold much.

If we talk about the market price of this thing, it is really not something that Chen Jun can get with his current connections.

When I was in Luyuan, my roommate Shen Congjun's father once asked Shen Congjun to bring him a similar sealed tea.

But at that time, Chen Jun had no way or ability to ask for it.

Now.
Chen Jun turned his head and looked at the two leaders. Now he had to accept it with a smile.

Otherwise, if I go to Li Haiyao's house and really go to the supermarket to buy some rice dumplings, glutinous rice cakes, milk, instant noodles, etc., I would probably be so embarrassed that I would be thrown from Kyoto to Pengcheng.

It would be better if this matter didn't get out. If it got out, everyone in the First Army would have to cover their faces.

The main reason is that it's so damn embarrassing.

Watching Chen Jun staring at the wine jar and then looking at the jade jar, Tao Junming felt a dull pain in his chest.

He only had those two jars of belongings, and now they were all gone.

Unable to bear this boy staring at his hidden treasure so directly, Tao Junming raised his hand and knocked on the table, and asked with a dark face: "Have you seen enough?"

"I'll let you take it with me when we leave. Drive slowly on the road. If you break the jar, I'll skin you alive."

"Yes, don't worry, Brigadier General. I promise to protect the jar as if it were my own."

Chen Jun didn't dare to stare any longer, and quickly stood up from the table and responded loudly.

Upon hearing this, the political commissar next to him waved his hand and said, "Don't talk nonsense. It's like protecting yourself. This can't be confused. The main thing is to protect the jar."

"I'll give you half a month's leave, deduct it from your annual leave."

"Tomorrow we will go to Comrade Li's house. When you are there, you must listen more and watch less. When it is your turn to speak, be careful about what you say."

"As long as the old man over there doesn't make the final decision, don't argue with others no matter what they say. Come back and talk about it later."

"If...if you really suffer some injustice there, you should think more about Comrade Li Haiyao who has been waiting for you in the camp for the past few months, even though he is unfamiliar with the place."

"It's only right to suffer a little, you know?"

"Yes, Commissar, I understand."

Chen Jun nodded heavily.

In fact, Xu Wensheng knew in his heart that a family like Li Haiyao would never make things difficult for a child like Chen Jun.

But sometimes the real intention of making things difficult is not just to embarrass you. The little princess in someone's family just says she won't go home and she won't go home.

They are all military families, so isn't it normal for them to have a bit of temper?

Choosing a son-in-law is not like choosing an antique. You have to handle it with care. If someone really demands justice, you have to bear with it.

Seeing that the political commissar had finished talking about family matters, Tao Junming, who was sitting in his office, said, "Well, the political commissar and I can only help you up to this point."

"Have you completed all the preparations in the camp?"

"The report is ready."

Chen Jun responded quickly.

"Well, just get ready. I'll take a leave tomorrow to take care of your matter. The brigade has a lot of work to do as the year is coming to an end. Since you're not here at the First Battalion, we need to arrange all the work."

"Tomorrow at 8:30, the commander-in-chief will go over to preside over this promotion meeting. There is nothing else to say."

"Well, just like the political commissar said, if you are wronged in Kyoto, don't act like that in front of someone else's house. Talk about it when you come back."

"You know?"

"Yes, Brigadier!!"

Chen Jun raised his hand to salute, turned his body slightly, and gave the same military salute to the political commissar.

He was not the kind of person who couldn't tell good from bad. No matter what the external reasons were, Brigade Leader Tao and Political Commissar Xu were at least good to him.

Worried that he was too young and immature, they gave him implicit reminders again and again, including that these gifts were all obtained by the two leaders with great effort.

Chen Jun kept this care and love in his heart.

In the end, Captain Tao did not let Chen Jun make that phone call, but just asked him to go to the General Staff Headquarters by himself and call two people for help.

Carry the jar of wine downstairs.

It was the first time to visit someone, and four gifts were not good enough. Chen Jun would definitely buy something else at the mall, but this gift was really hard to get.

I guess I can’t afford or buy something of the same quality.

We can only discuss this matter in Kyoto. It's useless to ask that silly Li Haiyao.

After Chen Jun brought the things back to the camp, he personally put the key of the car into his pocket and specifically reminded the soldiers on duty that other people in the battalion were not allowed to use this car.

I’m afraid that someone will open it too quickly and really break the jar.

This thing will be transported directly by air when it arrives at the airport tomorrow. Anyway, the military has informed the civil aviation department and there is an inspection exemption sticker.

Will receive certain special care.

All Chen Jun has to do is to keep things in his own hands and never allow any accidents to happen.

12 month 2 number.

The last collective promotion meeting of the First Battalion was held.

Chen Jun was the first person to come on stage, and it was still the commander-in-chief Liu Jinwei who personally promoted him.

To be honest, the most surprising thing about things like promotion is their suddenness, that is, the appointment is suddenly notified by the higher authorities.

This will bring ecstasy.

For a promotion like his that happened naturally and which he had known about long ago, he didn't have that feeling.

At first, Chen Jun thought that he would not be excited, and his mood was as calm as water and he felt bored.

But when the commander-in-chief took off the two bars and one star military rank on his shoulders and replaced it with two bars and two stars.

When the dark blue seniority badge on the chest changes from one star to two stars.

When Chen Jun took the big red lieutenant colonel certificate.

All the dullness and boredom no longer exist at this moment.

With his heart pounding, Chen Jun listened to the thunderous applause coming from the entire camp.

A sense of heroism burst out from his chest. As he raised his hand to salute, his eyes noticed the national flag flying in the distance.

Chen Jun did not feel relaxed. Instead, he felt the burden on his shoulders while feeling happy.

It's a little heavier than before.

(End of this chapter)