After breakfast, Jiang Bei went to the bathhouse to take a shower, returned to the dormitory, packed his personal belongings, and changed into clean clothes.
The color of the clothes is very simple, all black.
Seeing that Shi Jin was not there, he asked Bai Tiejun: "Old Bai, where is the squad leader?"
"Not behind you?"
Bai Tiejun raised his head behind Jiangbei and said.
Jiang Bei turned his head and saw Shi Jin coming in from the door, and asked doubtfully: "Squad leader, weren't you about to change clothes just now? Why are you still wearing military uniform?"
Shi Jin replied while taking off his military uniform: "The company commander asked me to go and explain something."
"Okay, monitor, hurry up, we don't have long."
Jiangbei didn't ask Gao Cheng why he was looking for Shi Jin. He didn't ask anything that shouldn't be asked. He just urged Shi Jin to change clothes quickly.
There are no holidays for compulsory soldiers during their service. If they want to go out, they can only ask for leave. The two Jiangbei people asked for leave this time, and the time is only eight hours.
The army camp is a bit far from the county seat. It takes an hour to go back and forth, so the time spent out is a bit tight.
It didn't take long for Shi Jin to change his clothes and make his bed.
"Let's go, Forrest Gump, do you guys have anything to bring?"
Gan Xiaoning and others shook their heads, saying that they didn't need to bring anything. Bai Tiejun's eyes lit up and he quickly stood up from his stool and said: "Squad leader, Jiangbei, bring me some roast duck. Remember, I haven't eaten for a long time and I'm greedy."
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Jiang Bei stretched out his hand, pointed at Bai Tiejun and said, "If you want to buy it, bring me the money."
In the past two years, the stipends for the conscripts were not much. They were enough to buy a few packs of cigarettes a month. Jiangbei had only saved a few hundred yuan after almost five months of joining the army. If you were not careful, it might be all spent.
"Hey, you buy it for me first. I'll pay you this monthly allowance and I'll pay it back to you. Hurry."
When Bai Tiejun heard this, he said with a playful smile.
Jiang Bei couldn't do anything about his shameless appearance and could only nod in agreement.
The two of them went downstairs, lined up in a row, walked to the gate of the camp, signed and registered at the door, and walked out.
When going out on leave, especially recruits, they must be accompanied by someone. Bai Tiejun went out last week, and Wu Liuyi took him with him.
This time it was Jiang Bei and Shi Jin. They stayed away from the camp. Under the leadership of Shi Jin, they came to the bus station not far away. A bus would pass by here later. The bus was running from the township to the county seat. They called at the platform.
Just say hello and you'll be able to stop.
Shi Jin checked the time and saw that it was still early. The bus left every half an hour. He estimated that it would have to wait for a while before the bus would arrive here, so he took Jiang Bei to the side of the road to enjoy the shade under a tree not far away.
You can just see the highway in the distance, so if a bus comes, you can spot it immediately.
The two rested in the shade for a while, and then the figure of the bus appeared from a distance, gradually becoming clearer from far to near.
Shi Jin and the others quickly stopped the bus and got on.
The seats facing each other in the bus were full, so I could only find a place to stand. Sitting on the seat next to Jiang Bei was an old man with thinning and graying hair. He was about sixty years old. Seeing Jiang Bei standing next to him, he asked with a smile.
"He's a kid from the army. He went shopping today, right?"
Jiang Bei and Shi Jin looked at each other, smiled and said nothing.
Seeing that the two of them didn't say anything, the old man continued to laugh and said: "Hahahaha, these two soldiers have a strong sense of confidentiality. It's a pity. I've also been a soldier, and the army training is not far from the old man's house.
When I see you get on the bus in the field, I will know it at a glance."
Jiangbei then started chatting with the uncle.
"Uncle, your vision is extraordinary. What are you doing in the city?"
The uncle showed his white teeth and stroked his beard and said: "My great-grandson is one full moon today. Today I will go to my eldest grandson's house and give my grandson-in-law a chicken so that he can raise it well."
"Well, uncle, congratulations. You have great-grandchildren. It can be said that you have a house full of children and grandchildren."
Jiang Bei held the uncle in his hands and congratulated him.
When the uncle heard this, his face was full of joy and he felt very happy.
Not long after, the bus arrived at the station. The two got off the bus and walked out of the station. Looking at the crowded streets in front of them, Jiangbei, who had been in the army for almost five months, suddenly felt a little unaccustomed to the outside world.
The 7th Steel Company is stationed in a prefecture-level city in a province close to the capital. For Jiangbei from later generations, there is not much modern atmosphere and not many high-rise buildings.
"Squad leader, where should we go first?"
Jiangbei asked Shi Jin. He was not familiar with the county, so he could only let Shi Jin take him with him.
"How about going to the street garden to buy some clothes first? Then go to the bookstore to read the books you need," Shi Jin suggested.
"Okay, let's go and buy clothes."
Jiang Bei nodded in agreement. He also needed some clothes. He joined the army from home and brought a set of clothes with him, all of which were black. He really didn't like them.
The two of them came to the garden in the center of the street, and a pedestrian street came into view. There were either clothes sellers or clothes sellers, but no other stores.
Jiang Bei picked out a gray jacket, a white T-shirt, jeans, and a pair of shoes to make a set, and carried out large and small bags.
Then he asked Shi Jin to take him to the bookstore, where he picked out a few professional English books and some novels before leaving the bookstore.
Jiangbei planned to review his English. As he stayed in the army for a long time, he was worried that he would forget all his English.
Although as a student at a key university, it is impossible for him to be poor in English, he is afraid that he does not have the language environment for this thing.
"Jiangbei, don't you have anything to buy?" Shi Jin asked.
"there is none left"
"Okay, then let's find a restaurant and ask the boss to cook some side dishes to improve the food."
Jiang Bei naturally agreed. It was past eleven o'clock at this time, and it was almost time to have lunch.
The two found a restaurant and ordered some common stir-fry dishes.
Shredded pork with green pepper, braised beef, cold cucumber, bitter vegetable soup, fried tomatoes with eggs, and ordered a bottle of drinks, chatting while eating.
On the way, Shi Jin took the opportunity to go to the toilet and secretly settled the bill. Jiang Bei found out when he was about to pay.
Jiang Bei didn't say anything about giving the money to Shi Jinlei, he just kept it in his mind and prepared to pay it back the next time he had a meal.
After the meal was full, the two of them wandered around the county town for more than an hour without buying anything. They felt that it was not interesting anymore, so they found a roast duck restaurant and bought Bai Tiejun's roast duck.
Jiangbei bought three and planned to let everyone in the class taste them.
After receiving the roast duck packed by the boss, the two walked back to the station and waited for more than ten minutes before getting on the bus and heading out of the county town.
This bus was probably only between two and three o'clock in the afternoon. Most of the people who came to the city were not ready to go back yet. There were only four or five aunts sitting in the bus.
The car drove not far outside the city and came to a big river. Shi Jin, who was sitting by the window, suddenly shouted: "No, master, stop the car."
Jiang Bei quickly looked outside and saw the tire of an oncoming vehicle and a van suddenly falling off, causing the vehicle to lose control and rush directly into the river.
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