Fu Ping'an returned the greeting, walked into the courtyard of the garrison area, and walked along the boulevard to the police connection dormitory. It was his first stop here two years ago, but the Soviet-style building from the 1960s was gone, and the original site became a construction site with scaffolding.

A soldier passed by, Fu Ping'an called him and asked about the new address of the police. The soldier saw Fu Ping'an's sergeant's epaulette and saluted him first and then spoke, saying that the police had moved and made do with him in the gymnasium first.

"The garrison area is under construction everywhere," said the soldier.

Fu Ping'an said oh, picked up his luggage and went to the gymnasium. It was a mess. The huge indoor gymnasium turned into a barracks, with iron racks everywhere, and he couldn't tell where it was. He asked a few people to find Gong Chen from the official class.

When Gong Chen saw that it was Fu Ping'an who came back, he was a little surprised: "Why are you back? By the way, your things are all there." He opened the cabinet and put tiger bone wine and Korean ginseng in it.

"I heard that you went to see a doctor. I was worried. I was about to be discharged from the army. If anyone helps you see these things, you will come." Gong Chen sighed a little, "Cheng Guocai was transferred. He took the initiative to apply to go to the Third Regiment to get off the company. I heard that he had gone to the island."

Fu Ping'an didn't say anything.

"Our company has changed a new company commander and instructor. Lin He, who was beaten by you, was transferred away. However, he was promoted and went to the Military Region Political Department to be an official." Gong Chen continued, "At the same time, Hu Dapeng was transferred to the combat office of the Military Region Command to be a staff officer. There is a bright future. Deputy Sun Lian is not here. He will get the recruits and he will be the company commander of the recruits company after receiving them... By the way, where are you staying at night?"

Fu Ping'an suddenly realized that the police officer had no more of his own shop, and the Ninth Company had also been reorganized, and his roots in the army were gone.

"It's okay, go to the guesthouse to open a room." Gong Chen gave him a suggestion, "It's been a lot of chaos recently. Are you going to retire from the army soon? The cadres are too lazy to care. If you don't go to Xixiaolou to talk to Liu Xiaona about the past, they have been thinking about you."

When Fu Ping'an heard Liu Xiaona's name, he felt a little sad. Xi Xiaolou, the place where he once dreamed of, and the place where he suffered all humiliation, all of this faded after experiencing vicissitudes.

Fu Ping'an decided to visit Commander Xiong first and then search for his old friends. He came to the No. 1 courtyard of the rest house, but found that the gate was closed and only heard the barking of wolf dogs. After asking the neighbors, he realized that Commander Xiong was sick. Aunt Tian accompanied him to the hospital of the Provincial Military Region General Hospital.

So Fu Ping'an returned to the courtyard and walked around. He felt that this was the last time he had wandered here. The soldiers who were fighting in the iron camp were still in the garrison area two years ago, and no grass or tree had changed. However, most of the soldiers who joined the army in the same year as Fu Ping'an had to leave here. On the eve of the retirement of the army, these "old" soldiers were inevitably psychologically fluctuating. The troops turned a blind eye and even had their pickets off early, just because they were worried about the veterans' revenge.

In front of me is the Xixiao Building. The leaves of the sycamore tree have fallen. It’s getting late. The communication company should be studying late during this period. If it were in the past, Fu Ping'an would not dare to visit the door at all, but now he is extremely relieved. Just like going to a classmate’s house, he walked into the gate of the Xixiao Building openly.

There are no male soldiers in the West Small Building. Even if there are occasionally some male cadres in the communication company, they are limited to certain specific spaces, such as No. 1, and the female soldiers' dormitory will never be set foot. But Fu Ping'an came in like this. The first female soldier who saw him was so surprised that he couldn't react. He was stunned for a moment before asking: "Who are you looking for?"

"I..." Two names flashed through Fu Ping'an's mind, and finally the three words Liu Xiaona were spoken.

The female soldier holding the basin rushed upstairs and shouted, "Liu Xiaona, someone is looking for him, a man."

Then I saw a row of short-haired heads appearing on the railings upstairs, and the female soldiers looked at the male soldiers who were rashly visiting like they were looking at the Western scenery.

"Which company is from?"

"I don't know..."

"I'm still a sergeant, hehe."

"Isn't this a first-class hero?"

"It's our soldier king here!"

Finally, someone recognized this male soldier as the No. 1 soldier in the garrison area, the winner of the honorary title of the island dragon and the first-class hero and model medal. The legendary figure Fu Ping'an, who has been carrying the sergeant's epaulette for two years.

Of course, Fu Ping'an didn't know that after he left, he held several "Learn from Fu Ping'an" activities in the garrison area, turning him into an idol of all soldiers in the garrison area.

But Liu Xiaona did not show up, and a female soldier shouted upstairs: "Jiaolong, wait a moment, our squad leader will be fine soon." Then there was a burst of laughter.

Liu Xiaona finally came out. After she learned that Fu Ping'an was visiting, her heart was pounding. She forced herself to run out and returned to the bunk. She took out her makeup bag and put on light makeup, combed her hair, and wore a pair of mid-heeled shoes.

Fu Ping'an still remembers that it was raining heavily on the day when he was expelled from the garrison area. Liu Xiaona was chasing the jeep in the rain. The time she hugged each other in the rain gave herself the courage to persevere, in order to one day, succeed and return home in glory, and come to the West with glory and gloriousness. This dream was realized and exceeded, but he did not get the happiness he imagined.

"Let's go out for a walk." Liu Xiaona said in laughter, and took Fu Ping'an's arm without any hesitation, leaving Xixiaolou, but she still let go of her hands within the courtyard.

"I've been waiting for you." Liu Xiaona said, "I heard you have been back. I was on duty that day. When I got off the plane, I had already blown out the lights. I only heard that you beat Lin He up, and he was so angry that he was looking for his teeth all over the ground."

Fu Ping'an said: "I have never had personal freedom. I was hospitalized and mentally ill."

Liu Xiaona stopped and touched Fu Ping'an's forehead: "Are you okay? Are they saying true? Are you really mentally ill?"

Fu Ping'an smiled: "Is there any mental illness? You can't touch my forehead even if you touch it. It's ptsd. The stress response is greater than that of ordinary people, but I'm not a lunatic."

Liu Xiaona patted her chest: "That's good, I'm scared to death. If you suddenly have an attack, I can't stand it."

"I won't attack you. During the days when I was a soldier in the garrison area, you are the only comrade-in-arms who are good to me." Fu Ping'an smiled.

This sentence touched Liu Xiaona for some reason. She had tears in her eyes, but the corners of her mouth were raised high, and she looked at this male soldier who was younger than her but higher than her military rank.

Two years of military career is the most unforgettable time in every military member's life. This is true for Fu Ping'an and Liu Xiaona. The difference is that Fu Ping'an has gone through the tempering of the war, his dearest comrades have all died, and he has also been reborn. Liu Xiaona spent two years in the garrison area. The days of repetition are like cutting youth and feelings into pieces and sprinkling on every day, sprinkling on every necessary road, sprinkling on platform No. 1. Now that she is leaving, why don't she feel distressed?

"Let's go, I'll treat you to dinner, and I hear your stomach growling." Liu Xiaona excitedly pulled Fu Ping'an to the side door leading to the restroom. The soldiers guarding the door saw a white-haired soldier and a sergeant out, not even asking questions.

The world outside is very exciting. At seven o'clock, it was the time when the lights were on, and the lights and wine were blooming. Liu Xiaona found a small restaurant with a good time. She skillfully ordered a few dishes and two bottles of beer. She drank Fu Ping'an and chatted while drinking.

"Luo Jin has also been transferred away, and it is all your benefit." Liu Xiaona said, "The confidentiality regulations are here, so we don't know what it means. After that incident, many people in the garrison area have made meritorious service and received awards. Hu Dapeng should have been transferred to the military area. Lin He is a scumbag, and he should not even wear military uniforms. He is too far away. Luo Jin received a second-class merit and was awarded the rank of captain in advance. He transferred the xx army. That is the fastest promotion place for the field army, the front-line troops."

Thinking of the separation before the military region, Fu Ping'an was sad.

"I also borrowed your light and won a third-class merit." Liu Xiaona smiled. "I also became a squad leader. I have not been a soldier for two years in vain. I have loved the scumbag, received the most emotional intelligence, participated in the war, made merits and received awards, and finally retired with a big red flower. I originally thought I would be expelled from the list, haha, this is all fate."

After the two of them finished drinking beer, they were wondering whether to go back or ask for two more bottles when suddenly the door of the hotel was pushed open and a group of casual young men rushed in. They were all soldiers who were about to retire in the garrison area. Not only the soldiers from the courtyard, but also the soldiers from the troops below, and most of them were not unaware of Fu Ping'an.

The veterans knew Fu Ping'an, but they couldn't leave now. They were all soldiers of the same year, and they couldn't finish the topic of common topics for three days and three nights. So they added wine and returned to the lights and started the banquet again. The white wine and beer were in boxes. Liu Xiaona also took out her cell phone and called two female soldiers to come out to help. Everyone drank it all darkly, and no one admitted defeat. When they got drunk, they secretly went out to pick their throats and spit them back and continued to drink.

Fu Ping'an drank the most, who made him the King of Soldiers? Everyone took turns to toasting, and even the steel bars and iron bones could not hold back this way of drinking, but he kept his mind and slipped under the table.

The small restaurant was closed, and the people who were barely awake sent their comrades back one by one. Fu Ping'an had no place to go, so he could only go to the guesthouse to open a room. He was drunk and was drifting when he walked. He only remembered that Liu Xiaona kept talking to him, and in a blink of an eye, he arrived at the guesthouse and saw another old comrade Gu Lei, who had opened a large ensuite room for them, with a bathtub.

Fu Ping'an was blurred after the memories. He only remembered that he had a spring dream. The white and shiny ketone body in the dream looked like both Liu Xiaona and Luo Jin. He seemed to be sailing on the sea, sometimes at the top of the waves, sometimes at the bottom of the valley, rippling and stimulating, and thundering thousands of miles.

When Fu Ping'an woke up, his headache was so painful that he drank too many kinds of alcohol, and it was not a good alcohol. He felt nauseous and nauseous. He went to the bathroom to lie on the toilet and vomited again before he felt refreshed. Looking at the small alarm clock on the head of the bed, it was already ten o'clock in the morning, so he quickly washed up and put on his military uniform and went downstairs.

Another strange waiter standing at the front desk. Fu Ping'an asked him where Gu Lei was, and the waiter said that Gu Lei was discharged from the army today.

Fu Ping'an guessed something and hurried to the garrison compound. He found that the farewell ceremony had ended and the bus drove away ten minutes ago.
Chapter completed!