"Emergency assembly!"

Following Shi Lei's order, all the people, adults and children alike, dropped what they were doing and ran straight towards the playground.

Everyone on Zhongshan Island, from the elderly to children, is trained before going to the island.

Other things are trivial matters, such as the strict enforcement of orders and the meaning of various whistles, all of which are firmly memorized by them.

At this moment, let alone the adults, even the little kids aged four or five had serious expressions and tightly pursed lips. They didn't need to be led by adults at all. They all moved swiftly, quietly and orderly to the playground where the whistle sounded.

Yin Xiaoman also ran over with the child.

At this time, the playground had huge incandescent lights lit up from four directions at the same time, illuminating the center as brightly as if it were daytime.

In the middle, the soldiers of the guard battalion have already lined up.

Looking from Yin Xiaoman's direction, he saw four neatly arranged square teams, with hundreds of people in total, but without a single sound.

The military workers and their families who rushed over all subconsciously suppressed their breathing at this moment.

Everyone lined up next to the soldier as quickly as possible.

Even though it was impossible for everyone to move in unison due to the presence of both young and old, everyone tried their best to gather together quickly.

When everyone stood in their own positions, holding their breath and waiting for the next instruction, Political Commissar Qi Feng, who was wearing a military uniform and had a face as cold as ice and stood in front of the team like a stone pillar, finally moved.

He raised his wrist, glanced at his watch, and said, "Seventeen minutes."

After saying that, he looked up at everyone and said, "It's better than I thought, but it's still far from the five minutes required by the camp to assemble!"

He suddenly raised his voice when he said the last sentence. In the silent playground, everyone's heart was shocked, and several children subconsciously grabbed the corners of their parents' clothes.

Qi Feng looked around at everyone and slowed down his tone again: "I know that this kind of emergency assembly, or this kind of collective life, is the first time for many people, and it is inevitable that they are not used to it. But since you have come to this island and become a military worker of Zhongshan Island, you must demand yourself as a soldier!"

Having said this, he paused.

However, the pressure emanating from his body was so great that no one dared to even breathe, and none of the children dared to make a sound.

Yin Xiaoman has known Qi Feng for several years.

In her impression, he is always calm and composed. As political cadres, they are not usually responsible for training, but are mainly responsible for the political and ideological work of cadres and soldiers.

So he is always cheerful and approachable.

She never knew that he could be so scary when he showed his power!

At this time Qi Feng spoke again.

"I know that many of you are cursing me in your hearts right now, thinking that I am inhuman. You are different from the soldiers. You have old and young, and you all have families to support.

But since we are on Zhongshan Island, we have to follow the rules of our island. Serve the people in peacetime and serve the army in wartime!

I don't expect you to be able to rush to the front at critical moments like the soldiers, but at least you have to meet the standards of militia. When something happens, you must be able to protect yourself and not hold others back! ”

At this point, he suddenly shouted, "Captain of the First Company!"

"Here!" Shi Lei's voice made people's ears numb.

"From now on, your company will be responsible for the daily training tasks of the military industry, starting tomorrow morning. Please write the training plan and give it to me. I will check the results after a month. If you cannot complete the emergency assembly within ten minutes, you will submit your demobilization report at the end of the year!"

Shi Lei's lips were pursed into a straight line.

He stood up straight suddenly and answered Qi Feng loudly: "Yes!"

Then he stepped out of the line and ran to the front of the military team.

This "yes" struck everyone's heart, making everyone's heart tremble.

After saying this, Qi Feng made a gesture towards the team of soldiers, and soon, three soldiers ran towards the direction of the kitchen squad.

Then, Shi Lei shouted to the military workers: "Everyone who will be eating in the cafeteria tonight, please take a step forward!"

The team suddenly became a little confused.

Although no one knew what this was for, most people still followed the order and took a step forward.

Soon, the team split into two groups. Yin Xiaoman then realized that besides her and Cui Yan's family, the only ones left were Li Fang, Qiao Mai and a group of little kids.

Come to think of it, both families cook their own food and don't usually eat in the cafeteria. The children were just having a barbecue by the stream and none of them went to the cafeteria.

But apart from them, most military workers ate in the cafeteria.

Shi Lei waved to those who stayed where they were, signaling them to leave, and then reorganized those who were eating in the cafeteria.

Yin Xiaoman and a few others were ordered away in a daze. But if they don't understand what happened, how can they really leave now?

Even though they were not allowed to stand in the line, they all stood on the side of the playground and watched quietly, not daring to make a sound.

Just as the team was getting ready, Ren Ping'an and one of his men came out carrying a large aluminum basin. There was a soldier following behind with a bench in his hand.

That basin was used to hold steamed buns for the soldiers' meals, and everyone present knew it.

The young soldier placed the bench in the middle of the playground, next to Qi Feng, and Ren Ping'an and the others placed the basin on the bench.

Qi Feng lifted one side of the aluminum basin and pointed it towards the crowd. Everyone saw that in the basin that usually could hold hundreds of steamed buns, there were only four or five steamed buns made of mixed flour that were squeezed out of shape.

"These are the steamed buns that the comrades in the kitchen made this afternoon. They steamed ten such pots in total. They were enough to feed the entire battalion for a day. But for this dinner tonight, all ten pots of steamed buns were snatched up!"

At this point, Qi Feng suddenly raised his voice: "Let me ask you one question, when you were getting your meals, did the cooks tell you not to waste food, and that you could only eat in the cafeteria and not take food out? And how many of you didn't do as they asked?!"

This sentence made many people lower their heads guiltily.

"You all went through island training before coming to the island. I remember the first lesson was about obeying orders. Is that how you obey orders?! Now you can take the government-owned buns back, but what about in the future? Do you have to take other things from the island home as well?

Where is Zhongshan Island? Who are you guys listed here? I know that each of you has undergone strict political review and is progressive and positive in your thinking to be able to come to this island! But this is what you do? ! ”

After saying that, he suddenly dropped the basin in his hand, and the metal hit the wood with a loud bang.

For a moment, it was very quiet down there.

All the people present were either skilled workers recruited by the regiment locally or family members of experts who had just landed yesterday.

One by one, where has this kind of thing ever happened?

Qi Feng's temper made everyone's heart tremble, and they were at a loss for a moment.

Even Yin Xiaoman and Cui Yan could only stand there in a daze, their minds blank, not knowing what to do next.

"Mom, my Uncle Qi won't chase them all away, right?" At this moment, Erniu, who had been standing next to them, asked in a trembling voice.

As soon as she said this, all the children around her were frightened.

Without waiting for Yin Xiaoman to answer, Chen Mingli, who was standing in the crowd, suddenly pushed his brother hard and said, "Go, get the buns that grandpa brought back!"

This sentence immediately reminded the young man, and before everyone could react, Chen Mingshi had already run towards the direction where they lived.

When Chen Mingshi ran, the little ones all woke up. They no longer needed to be urged, and each one ran faster than the other. In almost the blink of an eye, except for their two families, everyone else had finished running.

When children talk, they can’t remember to recite words behind others’ backs. Plus, the center of the venue was too quiet. The people over there could hear clearly what they were doing.

Those who had children breathed a sigh of relief, but those who didn't have children felt a little overwhelmed.

I didn’t know who it was, so I tentatively moved to the side. Then he found that no one from Qi Feng to Shi Lei had any intention of stopping him, so he suddenly became bolder and really turned around and ran, running faster than a rabbit.

If one ran away, there would surely be a group following. Soon, except for those whose children went back to get the things, almost all the military workers on the playground had run away.

All the cadres and soldiers stood there and watched, neither urging nor stopping.

Chen Mingshi was the first to run away, but the last to come back.

Those children who came home later than him had already returned with the steamed buns in their arms and put them back into the big basin. Only he, the last one, was hesitant and returned empty-handed.

From the moment he left, the twin sister Chen Mingli stood on the roadside waiting eagerly. He didn't come back until everyone else came back. Tears were already welling up in the little girl's eyes.

When the little girl saw that he returned empty-handed, she couldn't hold back her tears and burst into tears.

"Why didn't you find it? Why didn't you find it? Grandpa is going to be chased away! Woohoo, Grandpa can't stay on the island anymore!"

The little girl might feel very aggrieved, thinking that it was her own idea that was failed by her brother. Now she was no longer afraid and she pulled her brother's sleeve, crying loudly.

The crying sounded pitiful and desperate, making everyone feel sad.

"Why are you crying? Shut up! Do you think I'm the same as you two, stealing everything? I didn't take anything!"

Suddenly, an old man's angry voice came from the playground, and its volume was almost as loud as Qi Feng's voice just now.

This shout really made Chen Mingli, who was crying in grievance, shut up instantly.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were on him, Master Chen did not look uneasy at all. He stiffened his neck and retorted to those people: "What are you looking at? I said I didn't take it, so I didn't take it! Do you think I am the same as you, with such little ambition? I am old now, but I was also a militia captain in my time! The young comrades in the kitchen squad have said that you can only eat and not take it, and you all have no shame! You are so old, tell me, who among you is younger than those soldiers? Aren't you ashamed?"

His words offended everyone. After all, according to the principle of not punishing everyone by law, everyone took the steamed buns.

Some people are indeed trying to get a bargain. They have suffered a lot in the past, and when they find out that they can eat as much steamed buns as they want here, they start to have some ideas.

But there were also some people who didn’t really want to take it, but since everyone else had taken it, they were afraid that they would seem different if they didn’t take one, so they just followed suit and took one or two.

Master Chen's words were full of sarcasm and scolded everyone.

Only he didn't feel it.

Fortunately, at this time, Qi Feng spoke again, interrupting the embarrassment.

"That's all for today, but I hope there won't be a next time! If there is a next time, no matter who it is, they will be charged with stealing state property! The camp will arrange for them to leave the island as soon as possible and return them to the regiment for resettlement."

The slight commotion that had just appeared below disappeared again, and everyone was silent.

Although they were scared when Qi Feng lost his temper just now, none of them were as frightened as when he said these words.

For those skilled workers, although Zhongshan Island is an isolated island, they have almost no freedom after arriving there. They are even thousands of miles away from home, and it is extremely difficult to go back.

But, the treatment is good!

The salary and benefits of military workers here are also paid according to the standards of internal employees of front-line troops. Not only is the salary high, but the receipts and benefits are also unmatched by other places.

When we were recruiting people, you had to have a special relationship. If you didn't have a good family background and someone in your family could provide a guarantee, we wouldn't hire you no matter how good your skills were.

After finally getting on the island, these people found that the conditions here were even better than they had originally imagined. They all wanted to chant Buddha's name in their hearts and wished they could stay a few more years and earn more money. At this time, if I were chased back——

Not to mention the crime of theft, just losing this job is enough to make people cry!

The experts' families were even more frightened from the bottom of their hearts.

It is not like the past years. Having a cultured person in the family will be respected everywhere.

Nowadays, intellectuals are no longer welcome and may even bring trouble to their family. Too many people around them have been persecuted for various reasons; some have been paraded through the streets, sent to labor camps, and some have even committed suicide.

Which one of them did not live in anxiety and uneasiness day and night before receiving the notice from Captain Shen?

Although they have only been on the island for a day, the atmosphere and environment here are completely different from those outside. Everyone of them can feel this relaxation and comfort.

Being able to eat enough is not enough. The key is that no one looks at them strangely anymore, and they don’t have to walk on thin ice every day, fearing that one mishap will affect the whole family.

At this time, who would be willing to ruin their future good times for such a small profit?

Therefore, Qi Feng's words were like a big rock, suppressing all the selfish desires of some people.

Because of this emergency assembly, everyone on the island went to bed late. So when Shen Qingyun was sent back by the speedboat at around ten o'clock, he was surprised to find that except for the soldiers' dormitories where the lights had been turned off, there were still figures swaying in the windows of almost every household on the island. He could even hear the voices of adults scolding their children, telling them to go to bed.

What is happening? He was a little confused for a moment.

He quickened his pace and returned home. As soon as he entered the door, he heard Dabao's voice: "Hurry up and take a shower, then go to bed. What if Uncle Shi Lei asks us to do morning exercises tomorrow morning?"

Then the little girl whined, "I won't run! I won't run! Uncle Shi Lei asked me to run, and I, I just cried!"

"Then cry. If he gets annoyed with your crying, he'll just throw you on the supply ship and take you back to the regiment and never let you come back!"

After Da Mi said this, the little girl choked for a long time and then started to sob.

Shen Qingyun stood in the yard, completely confused for a moment, not knowing what the hell they were discussing.

How could the camp possibly require the children to do exercises? Isn't that just because you have nothing better to do? Who has time to take them out to play?

"Why are you back now? Who sent you back?"

This gathering made Yin Xiaoman's head buzz. Although what Qi Feng said had nothing to do with her, the sentence "all military workers must participate in training" also made her feel annoyed.

She felt a little crazy when she thought that she would have to get up and run a few kilometers starting tomorrow.

Because she was in a bad mood, she didn't bother to pay attention to the children who were crying outside just now. She just took a basin of water and went back to the house to wash them.

As soon as I finished washing and came out to pour the water, I saw a dusty man standing outside the door, looking stupid and not coming into the house.

"Just got back. I came back on the patrol boat of the Second Battalion. This is..."

He pointed to the room next door where the children were sleeping. "What happened?"

Yin Xiaoman looked over along the direction his hand went, and saw figures gathering at the window of that room, and it was obvious that the three were not done yet.

She was afraid that they would get excited again after seeing the man, and then they would have no idea when they could go to bed, so she quickly made a gesture to him to keep quiet, then took his hand and dragged him back to their own room.

She asked the man to change his clothes and went out to get him a basin of warm water for him to wash. While he was cleaning, I told him everything that happened that night.

Shen Qingyun listened very carefully, without interrupting her even once, allowing her to tell the whole story in detail from beginning to end.

"Brother Qi won't really let us run with him, right? I still have to cook in the morning!"

After finishing speaking, Yin Xiaoman finally asked about the biggest problem that he had been holding back all night.

Shen Qingyun knew clearly that Qi Feng was just trying to scare them. Even in preparation for war, they would only bring male workers of appropriate age out for training. Who would bring these women and children along? That's just asking for trouble!

But he didn't say anything, just trying to hold back his desire to see his wife's funny expression when she was worried.

He glanced at Yin Xiaoman, looked at her pouting red lips and her childish complaints, and finally couldn't help but burst out laughing.

He reached out and pressed his wife's head: "You should be allowed to follow the training. Otherwise, if something happens, with your small bodies, you can't be expected to help. You can't even run!"

"No, I really have to work in the morning!" Yin Xiaoman was anxious and reached out to grab his arm.

People didn't wear much in such hot weather, and Shen Qingyun had been on a business trip for more than two months and hadn't touched his wife for a long time. She was acting so coquettishly, humming and moaning as she came closer, that even a god could not help himself.

He hugged his wife, opened his mouth and bit her earlobe, and said in a hoarse voice: "Kiss me once, and I won't let you run tomorrow."

Yin Xiaoman's eyes widened in surprise, his mouth half open and unable to close.

She could never have imagined that her man, who was so upright and so clear about the distinction between public and private matters, would actually say something like this?

Shen Qingyun looked at her from the side and was immediately amused by her childish expression.

"What's wrong? Don't you believe in your man's ability? Forget it, come with me tomorrow morning..."

"Believe it, believe it!" Yin Xiaoman couldn't care less anymore. She stood on tiptoes and gave him a kiss on the face.

As long as I don’t have to run five kilometers, what does a kiss matter? !

She had just taken a shower and rubbed her face with the gardenia nectar that Lichun had given her. As he got closer, the subtle and sweet fragrance immediately enveloped Shen Qingyun's entire body.

The unique smell of his daughter-in-law seemed to have turned into countless small hands, slowly scratching his body and his heart. The more he scratched, the more itchy he felt.

There seemed to be a raging fire in his eyes. He could no longer control himself and tightened his arms. He suddenly picked up his wife like a child and, ignoring her screams, pressed her directly onto the bed...

A beautiful night.

When Yin Xiaoman woke up the next day, it was already bright outside. In the distance, he could faintly hear the soldiers disbanding.

No one asked me to get up and do exercises today?

Could it be possible that a man could really be partial to her for once?

She was so surprised that she couldn't believe it for a moment.

"Can't you come back? What time is it?" Just when she was still enjoying that laziness and lying on the bed not wanting to move, the bedroom door was pushed open from the outside and Shen Qingyun walked in, steaming all over.

It was obvious that he had just finished his exercises and took a shower outside before coming in.

"How many times have I told you not to use cold water when you are sweating, or you will get sick. Is it so difficult to get some hot water?"

She muttered, yawned and was about to get up, but the man pounced on her and pushed her back down.

"You'll wash it for me next time." The man said as he pressed on her and gave her a big kiss, then his hands became naughty again.

This time, Yin Xiaoman did not fulfill his wish and pushed him aside.

"Get out of the way, don't delay my cooking."

At this point, she hissed in pain: "What's in your pocket that hurts so much?!"

Shen Qingyun quickly followed her gaze, then smiled, took out a neatly folded brown paper envelope from the chest pocket of his shirt, and handed it to her.

Because the paper is brand new and has a certain thickness, the corners are sharp after being folded. Through the thin shirt, a long white mark was scratched on the back of Yin Xiaoman's hand.

"What is this?"

Yin Xiaoman took it and opened it curiously, only to find a stack of money inside, both whole and small. The largest denomination is a five-yuan note, and the smallest denomination is only twenty cents.

She counted them and found that there were exactly thirty yuan in the stack.

"Didn't you ask me before where I spent the money? I never had the chance to tell you. I used the money to redeem the twins. It's so far away, and I couldn't ask Engineer Chen for it, so I had to pay for it myself.

Just now, I met him on the way back. He insisted on giving me thirty dollars first, and said he would pay the rest within two months. ”

"Ransom? What redemption?"

Yin Xiaoman didn't want to hear anything about paying it back in a few months at this moment. She was completely shocked by the word "redemption" the man said.