rebirth of change

"Old Qiao, where's your son? Why haven't you seen him twice?" Chen Kangjie asked casually after taking a sip of tea.

"He left for work at 08:30 in the morning".

"Huh? Is there still a place to work on the island?" Chen Kangjie understood with some doubts.

"Yes, yes, the income is not bad, 20.00% higher than before," said Boss Qiao with flickering eyes.

"Oh, I actually got a salary increase. Where do you work? The salary is so good. I got a 20.00% salary increase in such a short period of time."

"This... let's not talk about this, let's not talk about this." Boss Qiao seemed a lot more cautious. He kept looking at the people behind Chen Kangjie, and finally waved his hand and declined.

Chen Kangjie looks quite kind, but Xiong Ziqiang and the others behind him are not exactly like this. They are all hulking, and just looking at the biceps on their arms, you can tell that they are not ordinary people. Besides, there are more people around Chen Kangjie this time. I met a real stranger—Ouyang Zhenhua.

"Uncle Qiao, is there anything you can't say? No, your son is working for some bad guy!" Chen Kangjie asked tentatively.

"That's not true. Those people seem to be troublesome at first glance, but after getting along with them, they are all kind. How could they be bad people?" Boss Qiao retorted a little excitedly.

"Hehe, are you working for those soldiers?" Chen Kangjie said with a hearty smile.

Boss Joe's first reaction was to glance outside, as if someone would be staring at him.

There are indeed people staring at this place outside, but those people will not show it. They just drink herbal tea under the big tree diagonally opposite when they are patrolling, nothing special.

"Xiao Chen, you can't talk nonsense, I didn't tell you anything. You are outsiders and don't understand the rules here. Here, everything is free, except for those who are soldiers, especially not And strangers, I advise you not to inquire about it on the island," Boss Qiao said cautiously in a low voice like an underground worker.

"Oh? It's like this. If not, what will happen? You give me some pointers." Chen Kangjie lowered his brows, leaned down, and asked in a low voice.

"I think you are an acquaintance, so I told you that if you are an outsider who asks nonsense, you will go to jail. There is a new prison on the island. If we talk nonsense, not only will all our property be confiscated, but in severe cases, we will be shot, and in light cases, we will be jailed." spend here," said Boss Qiao in a cold tone.

"Oh, how about doing well?" Chen Kangjie asked again.

"If you perform well, you can get a reward of at least [-] US dollars at the end of the year."

Chen Kangjie made a gesture of sudden realization, stopped asking any questions, and drank tea with his head down.This kind of act of kindness and strength is really useful to ordinary people, and everyone is tied to a rope.

"Hey, by the way, the island is no longer open for tourism. How did you get here?" After a moment of hesitation, Boss Qiao asked Chen Kangjie and the others instead.

"Ah, oh, hehe, we came here by plane," Chen Kangjie replied with a smile on his face.

"I heard that a plane landed at the airport this morning, could it be you?... If you want to say that, then you... and those soldiers...are in the same group? ", Boss Joe said while thinking.

"Hehe, that's right, they invited you here," Chen Kangjie replied relaxedly, feeling amused.

Boss Qiao immediately stood up, looking very nervous, pointing at Xiong Ziqiang and the others, and said, "You can testify that I didn't say anything, and I didn't reveal anything."

"Uncle Qiao, there's no need to do this, and none of us said you leaked anything, hehe, please sit down, please sit down," Chen Kangjie waved to Boss Qiao.

After Boss Qiao sat down on the wooden chair with half of his buttocks, Chen Kangjie said comfortingly, "Your confidentiality work is still very good. In fact, we are just chatting casually, and it's just a reminiscence."

After knowing that Chen Kangjie was with those soldiers, Boss Qiao seemed a little uneasy, he was not as casual as before, and he shut down the chatter box.

Chen Kangjie asked a few more questions, but Boss Qiao faltered and didn't answer. He sat silently for a while, and Chen Kangjie felt that there was no point, so he got up and left.

He later learned that in order to keep the work confidential, Zheng Jun and the others also stipulated that the island residents cannot leave the island at the same time with their whole family, which means that at least one hostage must be left in disguise.Although Chen Kangjie felt that this was a bit cruel and excessive, he had to affirm that this was the best deterrent method. As an isolated island where troops were stationed overseas, it was not wrong to be careful.

Chen Kangjie and the others wandered around the beach, returned to the barracks at noon and had a seafood-based lunch, and then went to the airport to inspect the troops stationed on the island.

Seafood is abundant on the island, but vegetables are somewhat scarce, but this is not a problem for those soldiers who came from the difficult environment in China.They have already built four vegetable greenhouses on the island, but they are not mature yet. In a month, there will be at least a dozen vegetables in abundance on the island, such as tomatoes, cucumbers, green vegetables, cabbage, eggplant and so on.

Today's military parade has both similarities and great differences with the military parades seen on TV.

The same part is that they all have a uniform arrangement. The difference is that the focus of this army on the island is combat, so everything has to start from actual combat, so they also prepared a unique acting that is close to actual combat.

When Chen Kangjie, accompanied by Ouyang Zhenhua and Zheng Jun, drove to the airport, except for the necessary personnel on duty, all the soldiers were energetic and ready.

The reviewing platform is modeled on the form of the head of state reviewing the guard of honor of the three armed forces. It is a [-]-centimeter-high wooden platform of two square meters, with a microphone more than one meter high in the front and an umbrella behind it. This is where Chen Kangjie stands. The umbrella is to prevent Chen Kangjie from being exposed to the scorching sun on the Indian Ocean.

Ouyang Zhenhua and the others also have a small viewing stand, which is a copy of Chen Kangjie's parade stand, but it is long and ten meters long, and it is located half a meter behind Chen Kangjie, where Ouyang Zhenhua and Xiong Ziqiang are located.

"Hello, comrades", "Hello, chief", "comrades have worked hard", "serve the people", Chen Kangjie is familiar with such attributive expressions in military parades, but he felt a little inappropriate at first, because everyone does not have a political party.So on the way to the airport, Chen Kangjie discussed this issue with Zheng Jun.

Zheng Jun's words dispelled Chen Kangjie's worries.

"Although we don't have political power and we are not in the same political party, we have the same goal. Comrades, don't you mean that you are like-minded. As long as you share the same goals, you are comrades. There is nothing wrong with that," Zheng Jun said.

After what Zheng Jun said, Chen Kangjie accepted the title of comrade and chief, but Chen Kangjie insisted on changing the last sentence. He felt that "serving the motherland" was more appropriate.

In fact, there is no fundamental difference between serving the motherland and serving the people, but there is a slight difference in meaning.The scope of the people is narrower, but the specificity is not as good as that of the motherland.The motherland seems abstract, but it actually refers to the piece of land and all the people on it. It is a big fit, so Chen Kangjie believes that "serving the country" and "serving the country" are more appropriate.This may damage the interests of some "people", but it is of great benefit to start from the whole nation.

After Chen Kangjie stood for 3 minutes under the scorching sun, Zheng Jun slowly came to Chen Kangjie from a distance in an open jeep.

When the car stopped, Zheng Jun held the pole with his left hand and saluted a standard military salute with his right hand.

"Report to the commander, the officers and soldiers stationed on Christmas Island have completed their formation, please review." Zheng Jun's car did not have a microphone, but his sonorous voice was enough for Chen Kangjie and the others to hear clearly.

"Start", Chen Kangjie spit out two words full of confidence.

The paragraphs of the tour by car were cut off, and they were directly divided into columns.

Zheng Jun went away in a car, and after a while, under his leadership, five hundred people formed different formations and walked towards Chen Kangjie powerfully on their vigorous parts.

Seeing the square team, whose lineup was greatly reduced but not inferior to the National Day military parade, Chen Kangjie was a little excited. Not long ago, he walked past the podium on the school playground in the same way to accept the inspection by the school leaders. Not long after, he was here to review these professional soldiers with awe-inspiring morale.

"Hello, comrades," Chen Kangjie shouted nervously at the opening sentence. After all, this is very unusual. If it was in ancient times, it might be a crime of treason.

"Hello, Chief," the sergeants replied loudly.

"Comrades have worked hard." After Chen Kangjie yelled the first sentence, the rest was relatively easy. Anyway, he had already fought.

"Serve the motherland", when the sergeants responded to this sentence, they were obviously a little jerky and lacking momentum. Even Chen Kangjie heard someone shout "serve the people". The keen Chen Kangjie still caught it.

This is no wonder to them. This is a habit developed over the years. As a former soldier of the Republic, it is a conditioned reflex to shout "serve the people" after hearing "comrades have worked hard."It is very rare for most people to be able to change in such a short period of time.

When the team came to a pre-marked white line five meters to the left of Chen Kangjie, Zheng Jun raised his command saber and shouted "go forward".

Under Zheng Jun's leadership, groups of soldiers raised their feet when they passed the line, and their guns stood straight up.When their footsteps fell, the concrete floor slapped loudly, crisp and heavy, and every sound was like a drum beating into Chen Kangjie's heart, bringing him excitement and surging.