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The water flows eastward, the leaves fall, and the time passes quietly and slowly. We put on new clothes, set off firecrackers, and 58 years have come quietly.
1958 was a very special year for Xiao Li. After the New Year, Guaiguai turned 4 years old, and the couple finally felt at ease to send her to the preschool class in the compound.
Wang Xuemei, with her clumsy needlework, sewed a small army green cloth bag for her. On it were crookedly embroidered the words 'Xiao Nuo' in red thread. "Guaiguai, you'll be a preschool student from now on. You'll be a big kid. This small cloth bag is a gift from your mother to celebrate your growing up. I hope you'll take good care of it."
"Thank you, Mom. I will take good care of it!" Guaiguai happily took the small cloth bag from his mother's hand and put it on himself properly. "Oh~oh~ I will be a student in the future too."
Like most children, she was eager to grow up. Every day, she would envy her older brothers and sisters who went to school with their schoolbags on their backs. When she had nothing to do, she would ask her parents when she could go to school. This year, she was finally notified that she could go to school, so after putting on her little schoolbag, she ran to the next door.
"Slow down, don't drop it!" Xiao Li walked into the yard with a letter in his hand when he bumped into a child running past him with an excited look on her face. He handed the letter to Wang Xuemei, who was packing her sewing kit, and asked in confusion, "She looks so happy. What bad things are she going to do next?"
Wang Xuemei took the letter and gave him a disapproving look. "What else can he do? Go show off to Wenbo next door."
Xiao Li: "Hey, it's up to me on this point."
The saying that a mother knows a child best is true. Guaiguai ran to the next door as if he knew the way there well. As soon as he entered the yard, he proudly shouted towards the house: "Dong Wenbo, I'm going to preschool with you tomorrow. Don't forget to call me when you leave."
Dong Wenbo is two years older than Guaiguai and also started preschool last year. When he came out of the house, Guaiguai rubbed his little finger and said to him, "You started preschool when you were five years old, and I started preschool when I was four. I'm better than you. From now on, you have to call me sister."
"My dad said that I am two years older than you and I am your older brother. You are your younger sister. This will never change." Dong Wenbo has a fair and clean face. His skin color is even whiter than that of Guaiguai who follows Xiaoli to the army every day. When he doesn't speak, he looks like a little girl.
Although he looks quiet, he inherited his mother Huang Cancan's hot temper. At a young age, he and Xiaonuo are invincible in the compound, and he and Guaiguai have successfully become the bullies of the compound.
According to Xiao Li, if this child grows up and joins the army, he will probably become a soldier and be difficult to manage.
"My dad said, whoever has the higher IQ and the bigger fist is the boss. I started school a year earlier than you, which means I'm smarter than you. If you're not as good as me, you have to call me sister!"
"Uncle Xiao is wrong. My dad said fighting is wrong."
The obedient girl pinched her waist with her hands, raised her little face and looked at the man who was half a head taller than her, with dissatisfaction in her tone: "If that's the case, then why do you still fight in the compound every day? If you don't listen, I will tell Uncle Dong to beat your butt!"
"I...I...Xiao Nuo, you're being unreasonable...I only fight because of you! Every time you're the one looking for a fight, and now you're blaming me!"
“WO no, you’re talking nonsense!”
The two children quarreled and the conversation broke down. No one knew who started the fight first, but the two younger ones started fighting in the Dong family's small yard.
The adults of the two families didn't take it seriously at first. The two children often quarreled, and no one expected that they would fight. When they felt something was wrong and went out to see, they found that Guaiguai was riding on Dong Wenbo, and his little fists were hitting the other person again and again. Dong Wenbo was not to be outdone and also hit Guaiguai, and the two of them fought fiercely.
After the adults separated the two children, they still threatened each other fiercely: "Xiao Nuo, I won't call you when I go to school, so that you will be late and the teacher will scold you!"
"Dong Wenbo, you actually dared to hit me, I will never talk to you again!" After saying that, she hugged Xiao Li's thigh and whimpered: "Daddy, dear, it hurts, wuwuwuwu~~~~"
Xiaoli: "..."
You act as if I don't see how petty you are, all talk and no action.
Xiao Li was having a headache thinking, he didn't know how he raised his daughter. She always seemed a little different from the image of a soft and sweet little girl in his mind. He didn't know if there was something wrong with his education, as he had unknowingly turned a little girl into a tomboy.
I'm worried and don't know if I can get married in the future.
After being brought home, Guaiguai was very tactful. She poured water for her mother and massaged her back, trying hard to show that she wanted her mother to go easy on her and avoid physical pain.
Wang Xuemei was troubled by this scoundrel daughter. She didn't know if it was the Xiao family's genes that caused such a good little girl to be raised as a little scoundrel by Xiao Li. Every time this happened, she regretted very much giving her daughter to Xiao Li to take care of.
"Come here, let me see if you're injured."
Seeing that his mother was not angry, he walked over obediently and said, "We were just joking. I'm not hurt, just my hand hurts a little."
Dong Wenbo remembered her father's words to protect her sister without using too much force, but Guaiguai didn't care and really hit her with all her strength, which caused her little hand to feel sore in the end. Her face wrinkled up and she cried to her mother with tears in her eyes, "Mom, huhu."
Xiao Li, who was standing aside: "......"
It would be a shame if this girl doesn't become an actor in the future because of her excellent acting skills.
After Guaiguai finally escaped from her mother's clutches, Xiaoli carried her to the yard and said seriously, "Wenbo is your brother, how could you really do that to him?"
Dong Wenbo seemed to be uninjured like Guaiguai, but Xiao Li could see that his precious daughter's little fist had actually hit the other person, and the child didn't know how hard to use it, so he didn't know if the blow would cause any harm.
Guaiguai looked at his father's face and was a little scared. He blinked his eyes and tilted his head innocently: "Dad, don't worry, I just beat him according to the method you taught me. There will be absolutely no scars."
"Xiao Li!" Before Xiao Li could say anything, Wang Xuemei rushed over. "Alright, it's fine if you just play around with her, but you even teach her to hit people! Xiao Nuo, tell me what your father told you."
"Dad said that when you hit someone, don't hit them in the face. Go where no one can see you. Fighting is for people to see. You have to make the other person afraid of you, so that they will give you face in the future. If someone tries to stop a fight, you must never act like you're about to end it. Even if you're pretending, you have to act ruthless." Xiao Nuo watched his mother's face become increasingly gloomy, and he shrank back in fear. "Also... Also, you can't fight on your own. You have to have your own gang and enough people..."
"Anything else?"
"No, no more."
"Fuck!" Xiao Li looked at Guaiguai who was sliding off him in disbelief. This naughty kid actually sold him out!
It’s too late to kill him now.
"Okay, Xiaoli, I didn't expect that this is how you usually educate your children. With this kind of education method, you still have the nerve to ask me every day why Xiaonuo is becoming more and more like a little boy as she grows up. Can't you look for the reasons in yourself! Aren't you always afraid that she will be bullied when she goes out in the future? Now it's very good that she doesn't go out to bully others!" Wang Xuemei felt speechless when she thought of every time Xiaoli complained behind the child's back. How could she not have any idea about how to educate her children? Who educates their children like this? Fortunately, Guaiguai is still young, otherwise it would be terrible if he grows up!
That night, the father and daughter were punished to stand in the corner and reflect on themselves, and Wang Xuemei took her things and went to the next room.
Children's friendship is very peculiar. Two people who were fighting each other the day before may be as good as one and go to school hand in hand the next day.
Today, when Xiao Li went to the regiment, he received a notice from his superiors that he was temporarily called to a meeting in the province. After handing over the regiment's affairs to Dong Shiyi, he hurriedly drove away.
Xiao Li is now basically immune to giving reports in meetings. His progress can be said to be rapid. From being nervous at the beginning to treating it with a calm attitude now, he rarely shows his emotions in meetings, until today when Xiao Li slammed the table in front of so many people.
"Didn't they say last year that this disarmament had nothing to do with our 8147th Regiment? Why did they suddenly release a list this year?"
In January 1957, the higher authorities issued a notice for the People's Liberation Army to carry out the fourth major military downsizing. When the notice came down, the troops were in a panic. Xiao Li also came to the province for a meeting at that time. The superior leaders clearly said that this major military downsizing had nothing to do with the 8147th Regiment, and no one in their regiment would be forced to transfer. But today, the higher authorities suddenly gave him a layoff list, which made Xiao Li a little unacceptable.
He didn't even know how to face his brothers when he returned.
"Captain Xiao, we didn't draft this list. It was all orders from our superiors. Many of our brothers in the army are on the list. We're all upset to hear this news, but there's nothing we can do. We're soldiers, and soldiers are supposed to obey orders and follow directions. There's nothing we can do."
"I heard that our infantry units will be the ones to be streamlined the most this time. Judging from the orders issued by the leadership, approximately 61% of the entire army will be reduced. Many brothers will face the possibility of leaving. What we need to do now is to go back and comfort everyone and not let our emotions influence them."
Xiao Li returned home with a heavy heart, not even having a meal. That night, an emergency zipper was carried out in the group. Dong Shiyi, confused, ran over and said, "Old Xiao, what's wrong with you? Did someone upset you during the meeting today?"
"No, who can make me unhappy?" Xiao Li looked at the huge group of more than 3,000 people in front of him, pulled the corners of his mouth with his hands, and forced himself to smile: "This is the last group training. I won't see these people next time."
The last time we trained side by side.
"Fuck, what do you mean!" The army had started downsizing last year, and Dong Shiyi immediately thought of this. He pulled Xiao Li's clothes excitedly, "Didn't you say last time that our regiment would be disbanded? Why did you suddenly change your mind?"
Xiao Li shook his hand off. "How would I know? I've got the list. Anyone over forty in our group must leave."
For the People's Liberation Army, disarmament means that almost everyone has to face the choice of whether to advance, retreat, stay, or be chosen. Many cadres on the list are even forced to transfer to local areas, and the vacant positions give many young people opportunities. This move almost concerns the interests of every soldier's family.
A single move can affect the entire body, which is something many people do not want to see or experience.
The 8147th Regiment laid off more than 500 people this time. Among them, the highest-ranking officials were Chief of Staff Yan Bing and Deputy Political Commissar Guo Jianguo, who had just arrived a few years ago. They were transferred to the local military service bureau and later the armed forces department.
"It's better to suffer a short pain than a long one. Let's inform everyone one by one tomorrow."
"good......"
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