Chapter 18: Glorious Retired

I listened to Lao Ma's words and sighed bitterly and said, "Lao Ma, it seems that you don't understand the situation of our family. Although our old man has something to do with the army, do you think I have begged him once over the years? If the old man really has this intention, he won't be sure to put it in such a damn place, so let's forget this kind of thing.

"Are you discharged from the army like this?" Lao Ma said reluctantly. I waved my hand and said, "Actually, it doesn't matter. I'm also a little tired of the life of the army. Thinking about it, here, I either train or hold a gun to catch those smugglers every day. I don't want to do this kind of thing all my life. When people are tired, I have to rest. I really want to go back to the metropolis. Those feasts and wine. Maybe life is really suitable for me.

Lao Ma shook his head and said, "Look at what you said, others don't know you. Don't I know? You are born in the army. Except here, I'm afraid you can't even have a meal after you go out. I think you'd better go to tell your old man. If it really doesn't work, you can apply for a military academy. In case you pass the exam, you can not only work, but also stay in the combat force. Experience, I'm afraid any army will be welcomed.

I waved my hand, picked up the bottle of beer that had just been opened on the table, drank half a bottle in one breath, and then said, "Lao Ma, look at you, really don't worry. You'd better rest assured that I'm a big man, and I don't eat anywhere. Besides, no matter how bad I am, I go to a big city. It's always more than enough to be a security guard in a hotel or bar, and I'm confident that if I want to be a security guard, those people are eager to go.

"Lao Ma shook his head helplessly and said, "Oc on, you are commanding soldiers in the company. When you get to the city, do you really want to work? You think it's strange that you don't make the boss angry. After saying that, I couldn't help laughing. He was right. My temper was very stubborn. If others didn't follow my intention, I would get angry and even beat people, which was also cultivated in the company.

"As the saying goes, it is easy to change your nature. With your temper, I will bet with you that you can't find a suitable job." After saying that, Lao Ma gave me a white look, and continued like a deep boudoir, "Go and tell your old man what you are afraid of. There seems to be some deep hatred between the two father and son." I shook my head and said resolutely, "Lao Ma, don't worry, I, Wenlong, am a decent man no matter where I am, and I will never let others look down on me."

"That's your temper, really." Lao Ma shook his head helplessly. Then he said, "Otherwise, it's okay. In recent years, the country has a good treatment for veterans, especially when cadres above the platoon are discharged from the army, and there are still good treatment when they return to the local area. Isn't your hometown Hebei? It happens that I know a person in Hebei and is a section chief of the military transfer office. When you go back, you can tell him. Say, just say that I asked you to find him and let him see if he can arrange a job for you in the government department or * door, which is also a better destination.

I shook my head and said, "Don't worry about it, old horse. I'm so old that I'm carrying a gun for two-thirds of my time. I'm going to work at the door, or I still have to carry a gun. I really want to change my environment. Otherwise, I'm afraid I'll be here for a lifetime and I won't even marry a daughter-in-law. Go."

Lao Ma smiled and sighed, "That's what you said, but I know you too well. You can't adapt to it at all if you change the working environment, but you really have to plan for the future and consider my suggestion. If you are assigned to the criminal police team, it's basically similar to your current job. "

I still shook my head and said, "I understand your kindness, but can you tell me a message about who else the retired soldiers this time?" Lao Ma looked at me and thought for a while and said, "There are still a lot. It's time to retire from the army. By the way, there are also monkeys and Jiangnan." As soon as I heard it, I felt a little uncomfortable. The monkey followed me to be born and died for so many years. Almost the whole village knew about his hometown as an official. As for Jiangnan, it doesn't matter. It is said that Jiangnan was originally a soldier to find excitement, and his family asked him to bring him to this place to suffer. No Time has come, and it's almost time for this boy to go back.

Lao Ma smiled and said, "I think, if it really doesn't work, you can organize a mercenary regiment. I believe that with your boy's arms, those former veterans have run to you, and I heard that those people in the city are afraid of death. If it really doesn't work, you can organize a bodyguard." After listening to Lao Ma's words, I laughed and said, "You boy, you can really do something bad for me. The mercenary regiment dares, just like the people we cleaned up some time ago. Isn't that still the mercenary regiment? Isn't it for money to help people smuggle drugs?

"Wenlong, what era is this? You still pay attention to this. As long as you don't do those illegal things, just act as a bodyguard as usual. I believe that few people can kill you from your hands, right?" I smiled and didn't say anything, but it's really hard for me to do it. Isn't there such a saying? Mercenaries are people who live with their heads on their belts. I have lived this kind of life for more than ten years, and I don't want to do this anymore. It's time to think about my future.

In this way, Lao Ma and I talked to each other. In a blink of an eye, the two dozen beers on the table had been drunk. Lao Ma lay on the table and stopped moving, but fortunately, there were still two soldiers to eat. I asked them to send Lao Ma back first and drank them in the small restaurant.

To be honest, I really don't want to leave the army, because after all, I have lived here for nearly ten years, and there has been laughter, sacrifices and bloodshed in these ten years. So far, I still have three bullets through my body, and there are many scars. These are all left here. If I really want to leave this land that once shed blood, I have great sadness in my heart.

But after all, reality is reality. I also know that I can't live in the barracks like the older generation of soldiers, so I have already planned for myself to open a small bar with the money of discharge, and then stay in a small bar for the rest of my life. Despite this, when I left the town, I still felt a little uncomfortable. This is where all my emotions and time have paid for so many years.

I drank two dozen beers, and then ordered three more bottles. After drinking these bottles of wine, I stood up and immediately felt dizzy. I couldn't even stand still. I knew that I had drunk too much, and then went to the counter and settled the bill with Zhang Bo. Zhang insisted on sending me flowers. I He waved his hand and didn't let them send it, and then asked for two bottles of beer, and then took a staggering walk alone on this mountain refinery path.

My brain is still very awake. Although I drank too much, I did not go back to the company directly, but came to a hill, because it was an open space spontaneously cultivated by people in the army. In this not large open space, the mounds were so conspicuous in the moonlight, making People look very desolate.

"Brothers, I'm here. I'll come to see you. After I'm discharged from the army, I don't know when I can toast you again, so I'll come and see you first." After saying that, I pried open the cap of the beer bottle with my teeth, poured a little wine on each grave, and then sat on the hill. Looking at these graves, I couldn't help crying.

In fact, this is the hawaiful time I have cried since I grew up. Because my father has taught me that men do not shed tears easily, so as long as I made mistakes when I was a child, my father would teach me a lesson, and I have never cried once. This is also the point that my father admires me the most, no matter how old I meet. I have never shed a tear of difficulty or pain, but today I cried happily.

It's not because I'm drunk, but because I'm going to say goodbye to these comrades-in-arms in the future. These comrades-in-arms used to be my company commander for so many years and all the comrades-in-arms who died in the mission. Of course, their ashes have long been sent back to Jiaxing and buried here, only their clothes, that is, the crown tomb. .

Some of these soldiers I don't know them, and I can't even call their names, but I know that these soldiers all know me, because I'm their company commander, who fights with them, and I'm going to leave in the future. I'm afraid I won't have a chance to see them again in my life, so I I feel very sad. These soldiers are very young when they die. They still have a lot of time to waste, but they are lying here quietly at this moment. They sacrificed themselves for the stability of the country. It seems that it is not a glorious thing for me to live like this.

After drinking with these comrades-in-arms who had fought together, I stood up and wiped my tears. The pimples that had been blocked in my heart were much better. When I walked down the hill, I looked back at them. I didn't know if it was an illusion or something. I seemed to see each of them dressed upright. The military uniform is saluteing me. I stood up, turned around, gave them the same standard military gift, and then turned my head and walked towards the barracks not far down the mountain.