War Military: From 1978

Chapter 10: Squad leader and platoon leader help wash feet?
"what's the situation?"

To be honest, Chu An was a little confused.

Veterans wash the feet of new recruits?
Suddenly, Chu An's expression became even stranger.

Because he remembered that when he was watching short videos in his previous life, he saw someone saying that when new recruits enter the army, the squad leader will give you water to wash your feet!
At first, he always thought it was nonsense, and that those veterans wanted to mislead everyone, even young people who had not yet joined the army but had the intention to do so.

After all, according to normal people's thinking, the army is a place with strict hierarchy, so no veteran would wash the feet of new recruits.

It's more like the new recruits serve the old soldiers.

Isn’t there a saying we often hear: new recruits are assigned to new companies, while old soldiers celebrate the New Year?
Just listen and you will know what it means.

But now, Platoon Leader Ma and the old soldier not only came to fetch water for everyone, but also helped take off their shoes and prepared to wash their feet.

"Uh, Platoon Leader, no need, I can do it myself!"

"Yes! Captain, I can do it myself!"

Li Guoping and the other recruit next to him were trying to make excuses.

After Chu An was stunned, he didn't wait for them to come over and took off his shoes silently.

But I just took off my shoes.

Looking at the washbasin in front of him, Chu An didn't put his feet in, but looked back.

Immediately, Chu An saw that some of the remaining ten people behind him had frowns on their faces, while others stared with their eyes wide open.

It is natural to suffer in this era, but suffering does not mean that you don’t like cleanliness.

Chu An loves cleanliness, regardless of the times. He doesn't like to share a basin with others, and he doesn't like to wash his face in a basin that others have used to wash their feet. The same goes for other people.

"Don't move. Now that we're here, we're comrades and family. There's no need to be so formal. I'll just help you take it off!"

Beside him, the voice of Platoon Leader Ma could be heard again. Not only him, but also the veteran squad leader, who was still unfamiliar to Li Guoping, forcibly grabbed Li Guoping's feet and said with a smile: "Don't be so formal!"

After that, he said to Chu An and the other two who didn't have the veterans to help them take off their shoes and wash their feet: "Wait a minute!"

"No, squad leader, I can do it myself, but..." Chu An said this and looked back before speaking: "How about I go out and get some water to wash my feet? The other comrades still need to wash their faces?"

"Haha, we don't care about that in our army!" Platoon Leader Ma laughed heartily. "To be honest, after you join the company, the washbasin in your class is also shared. Everyone uses this washbasin to wash their faces and feet!"

After a pause, Platoon Leader Ma smiled again and said, "We are all brothers. If we really go to the battlefield, we can entrust our backs and lives to each other. What's wrong with using a basin?
After you wash, we can just rinse the basin with water while they wash!"

At this moment, some of the ten recruits waiting behind seemed to be hesitant to speak.

Even the recruits who had just stared with wide eyes at them helping them take off their shoes and had not yet reacted, now stopped staring and had a bitter look on their faces.

Chu An didn't look at them.

I sighed inwardly: "Sure enough!"

He knew that this washbasin must have had a glorious past.

He immediately felt no more psychological burden and put his feet into the basin in front of him.

"Hey"

Suddenly, an unbearable voice came from the side.

Chu An turned his head and immediately covered his nose with his hand.

"Sergeant, no, sorry, my feet smell a bit." Li Guoping blushed.

"Haha, it's okay, it's okay!" The squad leader's face turned green now, but he didn't let go. He just grabbed Li Guoping's feet and quickly pressed them into the water.

"It really stinks!" At this time, Platoon Leader Ma on the other side also sighed.

The rubber-soled shoes issued by the army are not very breathable. In addition, everyone has been on the train for two days without taking off their shoes. It is normal to have some smell when taking them off.

But he stinks a bit too much.

Chu An felt a little dizzy sitting on the side.

It was really difficult for the old soldier who washed his feet.

Fortunately, the old soldier just rubbed his feet in the water twice, and then walked over to Chu An.

"Squad leader, I can do it myself, really~!" Chu An spoke hurriedly.

He was afraid that his feet would also become smelly after his hands, which had just been taken from Li Guoping's smelly feet, touched his own feet.

"Haha, it's okay. We're short-staffed, but we still want to show our appreciation, so you don't think we're biased!"

The veteran squad leader smiled, squatted down and ignored Chu An's objection. He put his hand into the water, grabbed Chu An's feet and started washing them.

To be honest, Chu An was feeling very uncomfortable at this moment.

There is nothing wrong with having an outsider wash your feet. Before his rebirth, Chu An often went to the foot bath when he had nothing to do.

But at that time, it was the young ladies who helped to wash, and Chu An was a little uneasy when he asked the grown man to help wash, and this man was an old soldier.

Is it possible that he is just doing me a favor today and then I have to wash it for him every day from now on?

Chu An was speculating anxiously.

Soon, the old soldier stopped and said to Chu An with a smile: "Soak it yourself!"

"Okay, thank you, monitor!"

No matter what happens tomorrow, thank you now.

The same was true for the other three recruits next to them.

Then, the veteran squad leader took the bucket and went to get hot water again.

When he came back, this time he brought more than one bucket, he also brought a bucket of cold water.

After Chu An and the other three finished washing, they went out to pour out the water and rinsed him with cold water in the basin.

That's good enough.

Then, the basin was placed back into the dormitory, and four new recruits were replaced to sit in the places where Chu An and the others had just sat.

I washed four batches of clothes, and it took more than half an hour to finish the washing work.

"Okay, that's all for tonight. You guys take a rest first. Squad Leader Wang and I will be here later!"

After the last two recruits finished washing, Platoon Leader Ma and Squad Leader Wang left the buckets and basins in the dormitory, then closed the door and walked out.

Immediately, the dormitory fell into a brief silence.

It was not until they heard two footsteps walking away outside that the excitement in the dormitory could no longer be suppressed.

Someone excitedly whispered, "Hey, is the army so good? The veterans and officers even wash our feet!"

"I don't know! This is too good to be true! I thought new recruits would be bullied by veterans when they arrived at the army!"

"Maybe this unit we're in is so good. Honestly, I never thought I'd get this kind of treatment in the army!"

"Yeah! But I was really uncomfortable just now. I was so nervous about being washed!"

"Hey, who isn't!"

The new recruits were discussing this, when suddenly, Li Guoping said something startling: "You guys, you're not going to help us wash tomorrow, are you?"

On the spot, Chu An couldn't help but whispered with a smile: "If the platoon leader and squad leader don't help us wash tomorrow, you can remind them!"

"Bah, you intellectual are so bad!" Li Guoping cursed with a smile.

People these days are simple, but being simple does not mean being stupid.

"Hehe, I think it's okay, brother. It depends on you whether we can let the platoon leader wash our feet tomorrow!" The other recruits nearby also joined in the fun with a smile.

"Go away, go ahead and say what you want to say!" Li Guoping was annoyed.

Hehe, no one is sleepy at all now, not to mention that the lights in the dormitory are still on.

But we only chatted for a while.

Soon, as Platoon Leader Ma and Squad Leader Wang came back with quilts, the dormitory suddenly became quiet again.

(End of this chapter)