War Military: From 1978

Chapter 29 The meal is not for free!

1978 3 Month 12 Day.

This day will definitely be a day that the nearly 200 recruits in the C Regiment’s new camp will never forget.

This year, the sunset on this evening was beautiful, and the setting sun was as pretty as red maples, but the instructor, battalion commander, their respective company commanders, instructors, and even squad leaders all had faces darker than the bottom of a pot.

They were like Bao Gong, judging the new recruits who wasted food.

At this moment, what Chu An wanted most was to be able to selectively block out some of his memories.

After rebirth, his memory became stronger, which was something Chu An had never thought was a bad thing before.

but now.
Chu An really didn't want to recall what happened just now.

He then realized that sometimes having too clear memories is not a good thing!
For example, now, as long as Chu An thinks back, he can clearly see the small bone that he just spit out of his mouth.

Too bad, I don't know who finished it.

He casually scooped a piece into the bucket and mixed it with the food.

Right now, Chu An felt his stomach churning just at the memory.

What a fucking experience!

He doesn't want this to happen again in his life.

"We eat food from the government, but that doesn't mean we can waste it!"

After the two swill buckets were cleaned, the instructor once again sternly lectured everyone, "I know many of you have complaints right now, and some are even wondering why you're being blamed for a few people even though you didn't throw away the food!"

The instructor's voice suddenly rose: "I tell you, because you are a group, including me and the battalion commander.

Unity is strength is not sung in vain.

We all prosper together and we all suffer together. I hope that wasting food today is the first time, and I hope it will be the last time. Got it!"

"I understand!"

All the new recruits, whose hands were still dirty, yelled.

"Bring it back!"

The instructor gave the order, and then he and the battalion commander turned around and walked into the cafeteria again.

At the same time, Tong Lianzhong walked to the front of the team.

"Stand at attention. At ease. Turn right."

He didn't say anything, but after everyone was brought back to the playground, he didn't take everyone back to the dormitory, but stopped directly on the runway.

He turned around with a stern face.

"Are you all enjoying your meal?"

Tong Lianzhong said indifferently, "You are the worst soldiers I have ever seen!

Waste food?

Do you eat enough at home?
Don’t you know that every grain of rice and every vegetable you eat is earned with sweat?”

Tong Lianzhong pointed to the track with a cold face: "I'm getting mad just looking at you guys. Run around the playground and you won't stop until I tell you to!"

All the recruits were silent. Chu An didn't expect that after eating from the slop bucket, he would still be punished.

But no way.

Immediately, under the shouting of their squad leaders, all the recruits started running along the track.

And it's not just the first company. Chu An saw that the second company, which had just separated to the opposite runway, was also doing this.

There was no reason for it. Chu An felt that he and others had been tricked again.

Yes!

What a coincidence! The two company commanders hadn't discussed it before, but now they both imposed the same punishment simultaneously.

Moreover, although Chu An was concentrating on eating during the meal, now that he thought about it carefully, there was actually so much food in those two泔水袋.

How is it possible to pour so much?

Not to mention other classes, in Class 4, when the tables were cleared, he now recalled that there were only two or three people who had some food left that they threw away.

Moreover, now that I think about it, what's even more annoying is that it was Lao Wang who gave the order to clear the table. Although he left first after giving the order, he didn't remind people not to waste food.

Routine!
Chu An felt bitter inside. He now suspected that the two swill buckets were deliberately placed there by the cadres who had left them in the canteen after everyone returned. The reason was simple: to teach the new recruits a lesson, to make them realize the importance of saving food.

At this moment, Chu An was really helpless.

A feeling of helplessness that comes from seeing through everything but being unable to do anything about it.

Yes!

He is just a new recruit, what can he do?
Even if he saw through the trick in advance, he could only go ahead and do it anyway.

"It's so infuriating. We clearly didn't waste anything, but now we are being punished like this!" Someone on the side sped up and ran side by side with Chu An, muttering in a low voice.

Chu An turned his head to look at the grumbling Li Guoping, hesitated for a moment and then said: "This is how the army is, just bear with it, you'll get used to it after a while!"

"I never thought being a soldier would be like this!" Li Guoping sighed again.

Chu An immediately chuckled: "Why? Do you regret it?"

"No!" Li Guoping shook his head firmly. "Although my current life is something I never expected, being a soldier has always been my dream. I'm just a little annoyed that I was implicated!"

Having said this, he looked back.

Chu An also looked over.

At this moment, a new recruit from the fourth squad who was running behind saw that Chu An and Li Guoping were looking at him, so he immediately turned his head and looked in other directions.

The new recruit was called Xu Ji'an, from southern Anhui. When he introduced himself, he proudly said that he had a city hukou.

Of course, this was not the reason why Chu An and Li Guoping looked at him. They looked at him because he was one of the two or three people in Class 4 who had leftover food thrown away.

The battalion commander and political instructor did not pursue the matter, and the company commander did not ask who fell.

But how could the new recruits who sat together to eat and then helped to clear the table not be clear?

It's just that everyone kept it in their hearts and didn't say it.

"Okay, stop looking!" Chu An reminded Li Guoping.

After seeing through the routine, Chu An knew very well that even if all the new recruits in the battalion came forward, they would not be able to escape the punishment today.

Big pot meal!

The canteen cooks meals in a big pot and everyone eats together. Now that something has happened, all the new recruits can’t escape!
"Hurry up, I'm telling you to run, not walk!

Also, who told you to run together? If I see anyone whispering to others again, you come over and run with me on your back!"

From the side, there was a squad leader's roar.

Now the squad leaders are also running, but they are supervising everyone from inside the track.

Immediately, Chu An and Li Guoping shut up and hurriedly moved away.

Chu An even quickened his pace.

One lap. Two laps!

As everyone ran, the recruits gradually formed a circle on the track.

The quality of one's physical fitness was clearly revealed at this moment.

At this moment, there are not only recruits from the first company, but also recruits from the second company mixed together on the entire runway.

"Huh~"

All the recruits were running out of breath, and Chu An was also breathing heavily.

But that's all.

Chu An has now run to the front of the company.

In fact, Chu An discovered it two days ago before the classes were divided.

It’s not in vain that my appetite has increased.

On the first morning, when he was taken jogging by the recruiting officers, he found that his physical fitness seemed to have improved.

As I recall, although my original self did farm work, he mainly studied.

He is not completely weak, but there is still a clear gap in physical fitness compared to his peers who dropped out of school early and have to work at home.

But now that he has arrived at the army, he finds through his daily morning jogging that his physical fitness seems to be no worse than those children who only finished junior high school and then worked at home.

(End of this chapter)