War Military: From 1978

Chapter 57 Happiness and satisfaction for six dollars!
"Yes, I didn't hear any noise from you outside.

How are the guns? Are they in good condition?

The door of Class 4's dormitory was pushed open, and Lao Wang walked in with a notebook in his hand and a smile on his face.

Two months later, when we were first divided into different classes, he rarely smiled, but now, as we gradually get to know each other, he smiles more and more.

"Everything has been well maintained!" Chu An stood up and responded.

"Yeah!" Wang Qinghe nodded, then he walked to his bed and sat down.

"Come here and line up, your good day has come!"

"what?"

Everyone in Class 4 in the dormitory was stunned.

What do you mean your good days have come?

But soon, everyone knew what he meant.

He reached into his pocket and took out an envelope.

Then the envelope opened.

Inside, there were piles of money that Chu An had never seen before.

"Come here, Chu An, this is yours, a total of twelve dollars, which is the allowance for these two months. After you receive it, sign here!"

Lao Wang handed over a ten-yuan Great Unity note and a two-yuan lathe worker's coin.

"Thank you, squad leader!" Chu An took it with a smile.

After finishing the signing, Chu An came to the side and looked at his comrades who were staring with eager eyes and excited faces.

To be honest, he felt a little sad at this moment.

He looked down at the two banknotes in his hand.

Brand new.

But they only amounted to twelve yuan, and this twelve yuan was his total allowance for two months.

Six dollars a month!
Who would have imagined in later generations that an amount like six dollars could be settled on a monthly basis?

Even if we consider that money in this era is more valuable than in later generations, a washbasin costs two dollars and a half, and a month's allowance cannot even buy three washbasins.

In the future, if someone cannot afford three washbasins with a monthly salary, he will definitely smash the pot!

But now.
Chu An saw only satisfaction and happiness on everyone's faces.

Oh, the times!
Chu An could only sigh like this.

"Okay, I'll give you two hours off at noon today. If you want to go to the store, go ahead. But as someone who's been through this, and as your squad leader, I sincerely advise you to spend your money wisely. It's best to think about your parents and loved ones back home."
You are in the army, you don't have to worry about food and shelter, the most you need to do is buy some daily necessities!"

Lao Wang spoke earnestly. After five years of military service, he had seen some new recruits spend all their allowances as soon as they arrived, and there were even many who did not have enough to spend and had to rely on borrowing money to get by.

But he also saw many people who were concerned about their families. As soon as they received their money, they would only keep one or two dollars, and save the rest. When they had ten or twenty dollars, they would send it back home.

As a squad leader, he naturally hopes that the soldiers he leads are filial.

"Squad Leader, I... I know. I'll go buy some stationery and mail it back along with the money!"

"Yes, I'll just keep two for myself!"

Several recruits in the company expressed their opinions, but some remained silent.

Maybe they will send it, but they didn’t say it now. But no matter what, Lao Wang has said all he wants to say, and he can’t control what happens next.

After all, he is just the class monitor, not their parents.

Chu An took the money and went to the convenience store with everyone.

He just bought two boxes of soap, a bag of laundry detergent and an envelope.

In addition, he also bought some fruit candy worth two cents.

Life was too hard, so he saw some candy in the store and bought some.

Having spent so much, he was also planning to send ten dollars back home.

Although he is reborn.

But after fusion, he inherited his current identity and became the Chu An of this era.

He will recognize his parents and family members and will continue to be filial to them.

"Squad leader, don't you want to buy a bottle? Do you want me to treat you?"

Outside the convenience store, Dong Fang came over with a can of fruit, smiling.

"No, you can eat!"

The canned fruit this guy is eating now is an absolute luxury.

Fifty cents a can, and that’s the price if you leave without the bottle. If you want to take the bottle, you have to pay an extra fifty cents.

In other words, he already had one dollar in his hand, and if he wanted the remaining fifty cents back, he had to finish eating and exchange the bottle for it. "Then, squad leader, have one. It's delicious and sweet!"

He used a small wooden spoon to get out a piece of pear flesh!
Looking at him, Chu An smiled and did not refuse: "Okay, then I'll treat you to candy!"

Chu An reached out and grabbed a few candies and stuffed them into his pocket, then ate the can of food he had brought him.

"Hey, I bought this candy too!"

He laughed, while Chu An was a little speechless. This guy would make money as soon as he got it.

However, he didn't say anything. It was his business whether to send money home or not.

What's more, he didn't spend it all. He just splurged and bought a bottle of canned fruit to broaden his horizons.

Soon, the whole class finished shopping at the canteen.

Some people bought pots, and others bought various other things.

When I returned to the class, Lao Wang was gone again.

No one paid any attention to him. They all wrote their own letters and prepared to hand them over to the class monitor to help mail them out.

Chu An did the same. He wrote a letter explaining his life in the army and asking his family not to worry. After writing, he stuffed the big unity note into the envelope.

When Lao Wang came back, I gave it to him together with other people's letters.

"Hurry, hurry, hurry~ Time is life, don't you know?

You don't want the advanced ones anymore, right?
Do you want to get up at 5 o'clock tomorrow to make the quilt again? "

In the back mountain of the recruit camp, Lao Wang is now yelling continuously.

The brief happy moment when the allowance arrived was really short-lived.

As soon as the afternoon exercise class arrived, everyone once again entered into the tense and painful training.

A weekly tactical competition.

Today's competition is about individual bunker construction.

At this moment, the ten people in the fourth class were all holding small green shovels and shoveling the dirt everywhere.

The competition rules are based on the time it takes for the last person in the class to build a qualified shelter.

The best class will be awarded the advanced flag.

Today, after entering the state of pre-combat training, the time for new recruits to fold blankets and conduct drill training has been greatly compressed, and the requirements for these things are not as high.

But as long as you are in the camp, you still have to make your own bed.

Moreover, Lao Wang also uses folding quilts as a means of motivating everyone.

If you grab the flag of the advanced class, you will have to get up at six o'clock normally for the next week. Otherwise, you will have to get up at five o'clock to fold the quilt!

"Comrades, keep working hard. I'm almost well and will be here to help you soon!"

In the weekly competitions, sometimes you are not allowed to help, saying it is to develop personal abilities, but sometimes you are allowed to help, saying it is to develop team spirit.

In fact, the right of interpretation belongs to the company commander and battalion commander, and whatever they say is what it is.

And today's competition rules can help.

Therefore, Chu An, as an advanced member of the class and the class's physical strength, must show that the full meals he has had for the past two months are not in vain.

In fact, Chu An is now stronger than when he first joined the army.

Physical fitness, including physical strength, has increased exponentially compared to before joining the army.

Soon, Chu An was almost done with his cover.

I didn't continue digging.

Chu An climbed up nimbly.

"Come on, go to my side and continue, let's switch!"

There are always one or two students with poor physical fitness in every class.

Xu Ji'an, the mixed player in Class 4, although his performance improved after the initial smoke and tea, he was even not as erratic as before and became much more obedient.

But he still performed poorly in various training sessions, especially when doing physical work. He was definitely the last one in the class.

So when Chu An knew he could help, he specially arranged for him to dig next to him.

The purpose is to help him as soon as possible and then win this advanced position.

Chu An didn't quite understand what the squad leader meant by "honor is my life".

But he knew that if he didn't get into this advanced class, he would definitely be the one to wake up others at five o'clock.

This is a painful thing.

In the days before alarm clocks, waking up on time depended on waking up from time to time in the middle of the night to check the watch.

(End of this chapter)