Chapter 49: Difficult Task
Why!
Mo Wenyuan pursed his lips a few times, wanting to persuade her, but finally gave up.
Jiang Danian was really too stupid, so stupid that everyone lost their temper. More than two months had passed since the recruit period, and he couldn't even tell the difference between left and right. How could such a soldier stay? The best outcome would probably be to be sent to a farm to raise pigs, or to be a cook in a kitchen squad. After two years, he would pack up and go home. There was no way he could join a combat company.
Just as the two fell into silence, there was a knock on the door. After two knocks, the door was gently pushed open and a head poked in from outside. It was Xu Yan, who came to report the recent situation to the company commander.
"Report!" Xu Yan stood at attention, saluted, and shouted "Report" loudly. Then, without waiting for the company commander to respond, he walked in directly and said with a drooling face, "Company commander, can I come in?"
Tang Jue was already upset. When he saw Xu Yan coming in, with a look of wretchedness and disgust on his face, he frowned and angrily said to Xu Yan: "Who let you in!"
"Captain, I'm here to report to you on my recent performance." Xu Yan was not scared by him, but stated the purpose of his visit with a drooling face.
Tang Jue had no choice but to roll his eyelids without making any comment. Seeing that he did not refuse, Xu Yan spoke about his performance over the past few days and continued, "Captain, according to your instructions, I have become the class leader. I believe that I will soon pass the probation period and become a formal soldier..."
"Wait!" Tang Jue raised his eyebrows and interrupted Xu Yan, "Who said that becoming the class leader means passing the probation period?"
"You said it!" Xu Yan said as a matter of course.
"When did I say that?" Tang Jue frowned, looking confused.
"A few days ago, I came to ask you how to pass the probation period. The platoon leader gave me a thumbs up and let me become this first. Doesn't that mean I will become the class leader? You agreed to this at the time." Xu Yan said confidently.
Tang Jue's forehead was dark, and he was too lazy to listen to his nonsense. He said unhappily: "Not answering means you agree? Who told you that? I'm not in the mood to listen to your nonsense. Get out of here right now."
"What about the probation period..." Xu Yan asked.
"I have my own considerations on this."
As soon as Tang Jue finished speaking, Xu Yan became anxious and said hurriedly: "Captain, you can't be like this. You clearly promised me, you can't go back on your word..."
Tang Jue was about to explode and kick Xu Yan out, but he heard him say, "Captain, I am not afraid of any challenge, but you have to give me a goal and direction to strive for."
Tang Jue's heart moved, and he couldn't help but think of the issue of whether Jiang Danian should stay or leave, which was giving him a headache. Originally, the army should not abandon the lagging recruits, which was not in line with the principle of not abandoning or giving up. But Jiang Danian was too bad. It has been more than two months since he entered the recruit company, and he still can't tell left from right. It is impossible for him to pass the recruit period with such quality. Originally, he was planning to give up Jiang Danian, but now he changed his mind. Doesn't Xu Yan think highly of himself? Doesn't he think highly of himself? Then let him take care of this headache.
When he thought of this, Tang Jue almost clapped his hands in admiration. This was a really great idea. It was like killing two birds with one stone. It gave Jiang Danian one last chance and also gave Xu Yan something to do so that he wouldn't be causing trouble all day.
Tang Jue made up his mind, and swept his malicious eyes over Xu Yan, and said with a smile: "Are you sure you are not afraid of any challenge?"
Xu Yan's heart skipped a beat, and he felt something was wrong, but he had already said it, and he could not show weakness no matter what, so he gritted his teeth and said, "Of course!"
"Well, I'll give you a chance." Tang Jue said, "Jiang Danian is your comrade in the class. He can't tell left from right and is seriously holding back the recruit company. As his comrade, you have the responsibility to help him improve. I'll hand him over to you. Help him establish his sense of direction. Before the end of the recruit period and the drill, I'll personally conduct the assessment!"
Xu Yan's face suddenly changed. He could never have imagined that Tang Jue would actually give him this task. Thinking of Jiang Danian's clumsiness, he dared not agree to it. He waved his hands and said, "No, no, he is too stupid. He can't tell left from right. This task is impossible to complete."
"So, you admit that you can't do it?" Tang Jue asked sinisterly.
Although Xu Yan was unwilling in his heart, he also knew that if he did not accept this mission, he was afraid that the company commander would immediately make him pay. As the saying goes, one has to bow his head under the eaves. Although he knew the difficulties, he could only bite the bullet and agree, saying: "Then I'll give it a try!"
"Then you have to work hard. I will regard this task as an important basis for whether you can pass the probation period." Seeing Xu Yan's sullen face, Tang Jue's irritability suddenly dissipated. He smiled and teased: "Don't you always boast of your extraordinary strategy? Helping your comrades determine the sense of direction should not be a difficult task for you, right?"
"Of course!" Xu Yan said with his neck stiff.
"That's good." Tang Jue nodded and said deliberately, "This matter is of great importance. On the small hand, it concerns whether Jiang Danian will stay or go, and on the big hand, it concerns the honor of the army... With Jiang Danian's current performance, he definitely cannot stay in the recruit company, and the recruit company has never abandoned a recruit. I was a little worried at first, but now that you are here to help Jiang Danian establish a sense of direction, I feel relieved. I believe you will not let me down. You will definitely be able to complete the task smoothly and successfully help Jiang Danian establish a sense of direction, adding a heavyweight weight to the scales of passing the probation period, right?"
Looking at Tang Jue's cunning smile, Xu Yan felt annoyed. Tang Jue had said so much. This matter not only concerned Jiang Danian's stay or departure, but also whether he could pass the probation period. Could he say it was wrong?
Watching Xu Yan leave in a depressed mood, and with the problem that had troubled him being solved, Tang Jue couldn't help but feel happy. He never dreamed that an idea that came to his mind on the spur of the moment would change Jiang Danian's fate, and this decision became one of the three most proud decisions of his life, and his level of satisfaction was even greater than recruiting Xu Yan into the army as an exception.
Xu Yan left with a bitter face, completely losing the excitement he had when he came. Who is Jiang Danian? He has no sense of direction at all. He gets up earlier than chickens and sleeps later than dogs. Whenever he has time, he keeps repeating left and right, but he still can't tell left from right. To help such a person establish a sense of direction in less than a month is simply a fantasy.
"Hey, what's this? If I had known, I wouldn't have come here. Helping Jiang Danian establish a sense of direction is simply an impossible task."
Xu Yan sighed and soon became determined. He was not a person who would give up easily. The more difficult the task was, the more he wanted to challenge it.
Because of the bet with the school beauty, he resolutely joined the army even though he knew the recruitment period had passed; later
