Ma Liang walked towards the confinement room and saw Xiao Bing, who was on duty outside the door. He was lazily sitting outside the door, hugging his rifle and looking listless. He didn't react when he saw him coming.
Arriving at the door of the confinement room, Ma Liang gently kicked Xiao Bing at the door: "Hey, are you sick? Or do you want to get married?"
Xiao Bing, who was sitting crooked on the ground, curled his lips without moving: "What do you think? She is not allowed to come out until she finishes the inspection. Isn't this cheating me? She can't write as many words as I can. I can't write well. When will she be able to come out? You want me to stay here for the rest of my life? What bad luck!"
Ma Liang chuckled, ignored Xiao Bing, and pushed the door open to go inside.
Xiao Hongying, the great artist, was lying on the bed painting. She had thrown away the pair of hairbands given by Su Qing, so she asked Kuihua for two on the way to the confinement room. She braided her hair into two new braids, but her workmanship was a bit rough. One braid stuck up high, and the other hung down into a small tail, looking messy and out of place. She looked like a motherless child.
The blank papers left by Hu Yi were now basically filled with the broken pencil in her hand. Both the front and back were painted in a mess. They were all cute little animals, including little turtles, little tortoises, and little turtles riding little tortoises...
Ma Liang picked up a piece of paper and admired it carefully. He said to Xiao Hongying, "My dear little aunt, you have wasted all these papers. What else can you use to write your self-criticism? I wanted to write one for you and let you copy it down."
"I won't write! I'll stay here forever and die of old age!"
Ma Liang put down the paper in his hand, then sat on the bed and looked at the distant mountains outside the window: "I think... the squad leader will definitely come back."
Xiao Hongying stopped what she was doing and looked at Ma Liang beside her with her pigtail twisted: "Why? Tell me quickly?"
"I've thought about it carefully. The squad leader has been saying that he's tired recently and that he wants to be quiet, but he never said he wants to leave, right? Besides, if he doesn't want to do this anymore, why not just tell the political commissar and get some money for his trip? Why would he leave secretly? You know, with the squad leader's temper, is there anything he's afraid of? With the way the squad leader treats you, can he leave without telling you?"
Xiao Hongying blinked her big eyes a few times, and suddenly they shone brightly. She immediately changed from lying down to sitting up and moved closer to Ma Liang: "The fox will definitely not betray me! Don't you think so?"
Ma Liang tilted his head and looked at Xiao Hongying, then nodded: "Squad leader Lian Gao Yidao didn't lose, how could he lose you!"
"So where do you think the fox went?"
"This... I can't think of it either. Anyway, I think he will definitely come back."
Xiao Hongying looked quietly at the distant mountains outside the window with her clear big eyes. The depression in her heart disappeared for the most part, and her eyes began to show their former light again.
Ma Liang took a deep breath and stood up: "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. Dinner is about to start. I'll bring it to you later."
Little Hongying, who had recovered most of her spirit, put the pencil stub into her pocket, stretched her little feet out of the bed, and answered while putting on her shoes: "What are you bringing? Let's eat together."
It was not uncommon for this girl to escape from the confinement room, so Ma Liang did not stop her. He waited until she was dressed, pushed open the door of the confinement room and led her out.
"Stop!" Xiao Bing, who was sitting against the wall outside the door, stopped them without hesitation and pointed at Xiao Hongying: "Go back!"
Ma Liang was a little stunned for a moment, but Xiao Hongying scratched the back of her head and said, "Uh... Oh... Right, I almost forgot." She said this irrelevant sentence to herself, turned around and went back into the confinement room, closed the door, bolted it from the inside, and then climbed out of the window without a window with her braids raised, came to Ma Liang, and waved her little hand, "Let's go."
Ma Liang then understood that Xiao Bing and the girl were both principled people who strictly followed the rules. Fortunately!
Xiao Bing's dissatisfied voice came from behind the two people: "You stupid girl, when will you finish writing?"
A childish voice replied as it faded away: "Do you think I want to stay here? I'm just going out to find a solution!"
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Ding Deyi temporarily convened the heads of various departments and held a brief meeting, announcing the appointment of Yang Dezhi: instructor of the third company and acting political instructor.
As soon as the meeting was over, Yang Dezhi rushed to the Third Company with Hao Ping and delivered an impassioned inaugural speech. The soldiers of the Third Company applauded loudly, and some of them even burst into tears, so excited that they could not control themselves.
Next, Yang Dezhi went to the first company and in front of the company commander Wu Yan, he instructed the soldiers of the first company on the importance of ideological education and put forward the future work prospects. At the signal of the company commander Wu Yan, the soldiers of the first company responded with three uniform applause.
Finally, Yang Dezhi came to the second company.
The assembled soldiers of the Second Company had neither the enthusiasm of the Third Company nor the neatness of the First Company. It seemed that there was only a chaotic chaos of dazzling bayonets. Yang Dezhi had heard about the situation of the Second Company beforehand, so he did not think much about it for the time being and started to speak with great ambitions at the top of his voice. The soldiers of the Second Company had no expression on their faces and did not react. Gao Yidao stood aside with his arms crossed and looked up at the sky. Until the end, there was a sparse applause.
Gao Yidao looked down on this guy named Yang from the first sight, for a ridiculous reason, Gao Yidao hated glasses. But this guy was now a "coach", and although he looked down on him in his heart, he couldn't say it out loud, so after Gao Yidao disbanded the team, he forced a half-smile and said to Yang Dezhi: "Coach Yang, you are right, these bastards of mine are spoiled and need education, sorry to make you worry about them in the future."
In fact, Yang Dezhi was not a fool. Of course, he could tell that Gao Yidao was just trying to please him. Moreover, he never looked down on rough people. If he had followed his usual temperament, he would have just said a few polite words to him. But now he suddenly became an instructor, one level higher than the other party, and he was also a new official. So Yang Dezhi wanted to act more approachable and get along with his comrades as soon as possible.
Yang Dezhi felt that rough people seemed to prefer body language, and seemed to prefer to put their arms around each other and call each other brothers. Facing Gao Yidao, who was like a black iron tower, Yang Dezhi wanted to warm up to him. He wanted to imitate Gao Yidao's boldness and punch his strong shoulders, but he had no experience in this area and felt awkward.
So, Yang Dezhi patted Gao Yidao on the shoulder instead and said with a deliberate smile: "Old Gao, from now on we are comrades in the same boat. We should fight side by side. Why are you being so formal?"
Yang Dezhi felt that he had performed well, being both bold and elegant. He couldn't help but admire himself for handling the situation so perfectly.
Lao Gao? Comrades on the same boat? Fighting side by side? Gao Yidao felt that this was a weird word. He tilted his head and looked at the shoulder that had just been patted. Gao Yidao was speechless for a moment, and his face gradually became long.
In the independent regiment, before this moment, only three people had touched Gao Yidao's shoulder. The regiment commander once patted this shoulder heavily and said to Gao Yidao: You are good! You are so pissing me off! At that time, Gao Yidao felt very warm and hot in his heart. Hu Yi once hit this shoulder hard, and at the same time told Gao Yidao with his eyes: I will kill you even if I die! At that time, Gao Yidao felt hot-blooded and refreshed all over. Luo Fugui once grabbed this shoulder tightly, cursing at the same time: Gao Yidao, I fuck your grandma! At that time, Gao Yidao felt very proud, very honored, and very happy.
Now, Yang Dezhi is the fourth person who has touched Gao Yidao's shoulder. This time, Gao Yidao feels... Can anyone touch my shoulder? Who do you think you are? What are you trying to do to me? A new comer who doesn't know his place is actually trying to touch me? What's wrong with him
Yang Dezhi was very puzzled for a moment. Why did Gao Yidao suddenly stop talking and his expression seemed not right
The fast-legged man next to him saw the company commander's expression and suddenly realized something. He secretly tugged at Gao Yidao's collar and kept coughing.
Gao Yidao understood what Kuaitui meant. After all, Yang Dezhi was a new instructor, and there was no point in offending him. He took a deep breath, reorganized his expression, and prepared to say something. He happened to see Ma Liang in the distance, with a little kid behind him, walking towards the kitchen.
Suddenly, Gao Yidao smiled: "Okay, no more nonsense, let's fight side by side in the future! Coach Yang, it's time to eat. Let's go. I'll take you to our kitchen to eat and get familiar with the environment."
Kuai Tuer watched the company commander Gao Yidao laughing and pulling Yang Dezhi away, and he was confused and stunned. What's wrong with the company commander? Doesn't he usually ask me to bring him food? Why is he so enthusiastic about Yang Jiao all of a sudden? Let's go eat together
It was dinner time, and the kitchen compound was bustling with activity. People kept coming in and out of the gate. Wang Xiaosan, who was busy walking around, looked up and said, "Hey, Captain Gao, why are you here? I've prepared your portion a long time ago. It's spicy enough! I'm just waiting for you to come and get it."
"We're not busy today, so Coach Yang and I came directly here. Stop talking nonsense to me, kid, and let's have dinner quickly." Gao Yidao said as he led Yang Dezhi to the yard.
All the soldiers from the second company were sitting at one of the long tables in the yard. When they saw the company commander coming in, four or five soldiers immediately stood up and made room for him. At the same time, they called out to Gao Yidao, "Company commander, company commander, sit here."
Gao Yidao deliberately led Yang Dezhi past the table where only a few people were sitting and sat at the seat vacated by the soldiers of the second company.
"Hey? Aren't there a few people at that table? Why don't you sit there?" Yang Dezhi sat down next to Gao Yidao and turned his head to look over there.
Gao Yidao smiled faintly: "Coach Yang, you just arrived, and there are some unwritten rules in our group that you don't know yet. That table is known as the special seat for Class Nine."
"Special seats for Class 9?" Yang Dezhi turned around and looked at Gao Yidao: "Such a big table... only a few of them can sit there?"
Gao Yidao looked around and said, "Look, the area is full. Except for those who are on good terms with Squad Nine, who would dare to go over there and join them? Right?" Then Gao Yidao put on an indifferent expression and said, "These are just trivial matters between the soldiers. They won't delay anything. Why should we leaders worry about them? Come and eat. This soup is yours..."
Yang Dezhi suddenly put down his chopsticks and stood up: "How can this be tolerated? Isn't this a typical example of warlord style and factionalism? If we don't put an end to this kind of bad behavior, are we still the Eighth Route Army?"
Gao Yidao glanced at the two ugly pigtails over there, then looked up at Yang Dezhi, who was full of political awareness, and finally showed a gloating smile: It is said that a new official will start three fires when he takes office, and now I will give you one fire. Go and kill the pretty boy, I will eat and watch...