Li Haichuan handed over a stack of documents. Monkey looked at his missing leg, then looked at the documents wrapped in brown paper, and blinked hard.
Once this is signed, he will have to leave his beloved army completely.
Wen Shize felt as if his heart was blocked by a huge rock. He took several deep breaths, turned his head to look out the window, and said nothing.
Li Haichuan felt very upset as well, but there was nothing he could do. The other two had already been sent away by him, and he had seen this scene countless times.
Every time I see it, I feel sad.
He coughed lightly and turned to look at Lu Zhiye beside him: "Comrade Lu, there is something I want to discuss with you."
Lu Zhiye looked up in surprise: "Please go ahead."
"I saw your letter of introduction before. It said you came from Heilongjiang Province. I wonder if you will pass through Shandong Province when you go back this time?"
Lu Zhiye went over the map in his mind. He passed by Jin Province and Yi Province.
If you want to pass through Shandong Province, you have to go around Henan Province, which adds a lot of distance.
"That's not the case."
As if he knew what Li Haichuan meant by asking this, Wen Shize frowned and looked over: "Do you want Xiao Lu to help send the monkey home?"
Li Haichuan nodded: "It's not easy to take the monkey's legs by train. We can't spare a car to take it there right now.
I just wanted to ask Comrade Lu for a favor. Of course, we will pay a certain amount of money to subsidize the fuel costs.
If Comrade Lu agrees, we will call the cannery where Comrade Lu works and explain the reason."
The monkey's eyes were red, and he said in a slightly louder voice: "I can take the train by myself. It's just that one leg is broken, not both legs.
Don’t I have a cane? I can just use it to walk.”
As he spoke, he reached for the crutch that stood beside the bed.
As if he wanted to prove something to everyone, he stood on one leg on the ground with trembling hands, put crutches under his armpits, and walked up step by step.
The sadness in Wen Shize's eyes was as real as day and he could no longer suppress it.
Everyone knows that monkeys are the most competitive in the army.
Now he is like a half-useless person. In the past two days, he has been focusing on Wen Shize and has not taken care of himself at all.
Today's demobilization arrangements are like a sharp blade, digging into the already rotten wounds layer by layer.
Lu Zhiye pursed his lips, feeling mixed emotions as he looked at the man who walked a few steps with the help of a crutch and then could no longer hold on and staggered to the ground.
The monkey pounded his legs vigorously, his face covered with tears and snot.
Everyone felt as if they had been punched hard in the heart.
After the monkey calmed down completely, Lu Zhiye followed Li Haichuan to the door.
"I'll go around for a bit, and you can help call the cannery and explain the situation. I'll definitely get this comrade home safely."
Li Haichuan rubbed his red eyes and saluted Lu Zhiye.
Then he strode away...
The next morning, Lu Zhiye and Wen Sihe came out of the guesthouse, bought breakfast and went to Wen Shize's place.
Inside the ward, Monkey's things had been packed up, and there were several men in green military uniforms standing at the door.
He leaned on a crutch with one hand and saluted everyone at the end.
Before leaving, Li Haichuan gave Lu Zhiye a package: "This is what I applied for.
Please use your accommodation and food allowance to send Comrade Yan Haoxiang home safely.
If you encounter an emergency on the road, you can call the number above. "
Lu Zhiye raised his hand to take the thing. It was not convenient for Yan Haoxiang to sit in the back of the cab.
Trucks are high, so going to the toilet is difficult.
Lu Zhiye specially made room for him in the rear truck bed.
Li Haichuan took two military mats and placed them there, then put a quilt on top. After Yan Haoxiang lay down, he covered him with another layer.
The tarpaulin blocked the cold wind, so it wasn't cold at all.
Wen Shize stood in the back of the truck and gave instructions in a deep voice.
Both of them had red eyes. After the car drove away, Yan Haoxiang pulled up the quilt and found that dozens of yuan had been stuffed in the corner of the quilt.
Thinking of Wen Shize's actions just now, his emotions, which had originally calmed down, became excited again.
The car crossed Henan Province, which is known as a populous province, and it really lives up to its reputation.
Unlike Heilongjiang Province, there are endless plains here.
The land is well maintained in large areas.
People in Heilongjiang Province have to hibernate in winter, but here they don’t have to. Under the white snow are lush green wheat fields.
Almost every day, you can see groups of pedestrians on the road.
It is common for a family to have seven or eight children.
Lu Zhiye originally wanted to stay at the county’s state-owned hotel, but then he thought of something.
He turned around and drove towards the village.
Wen Sihe was a little confused: "Where are we going?"
Lu Zhiye pointed to the village not far away and said, "Let's rest in the village at night.
We need to book two rooms for three people, and the food will cost a lot.
Save this money and give it to Comrade Yan later."
Wen Sihe chuckled: "I didn't expect my man to be so kind!"
Lu Zhiye was also amused by her words "I am a man": "I looked at the allowance given by Li Haichuan, there are twenty yuan.
I think he also subsidized part of it himself, and we don’t lack the money.”
When the time comes to give the money to Yan Haoxiang, he won't have any psychological burden.
As soon as I arrived at the entrance of the village, a dozen children surrounded me.
They were making a lot of noise around the big truck.
The village party secretary heard the noise and came out from the brigade headquarters.
He looked at Lu Zhiye and the others in surprise and asked, "Comrade, what are you doing?"
Lu Zhiye took two kilograms of food from the car and said to the secretary with a smile: "Father-in-law, we want to stay in the village for one night.
This is food, do you think it is convenient?"
The secretary's eyes lit up, and he looked at the heavy cloth bag in Lu Zhiye's hand and swallowed.
"That's convenient, but you have to show us your letter of introduction."
Lu Zhiye handed over the letters of introduction of the three people, and the branch secretary read them carefully in the dim light.
"Okay, there are two empty houses in the brigade headquarters, and the car can be parked there!"
Lu Zhiye handed over the food in his hand. The secretary weighed the food in his hand and immediately smiled.
In this way, they traveled for three days.
In order to take care of Yan Haoxiang's health, Lu Zhiye did not drive too fast, and finally arrived at the county town where Yan Haoxiang's home was at noon on the third day.
Nowadays, those who were sent to serve in the army and received rations had more or less some connections in their families.
For example, Yan Haoxiang. Although his parents are farmers, his grandfather is a veteran. He asked his old acquaintances to get him this quota, which made many people envious.
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