When you're in the Wolf Pack, your ability to obey orders becomes stronger.

Chapter 147 Going out for a trip.

On the first day of the Lunar New Year, the people from the Ninth Shift went out early in the morning to wish their sister-in-law a Happy New Year.

Once upstairs, Shi Xing gave everyone red envelopes containing lucky money, then went into the kitchen to continue her work. She estimated that many of Guo Yuanshuai's soldiers would be coming to pay their respects today, and she needed to prepare lunch.

Lin Wan took the brigade commander's car back to Yecheng early in the morning, so Guo Yuanshuai will be staying here from today onwards.

Xu Ge, Li Dongshui, and Kaiyoumu originally wanted to visit the military dog ​​unit, but Du Hu brought Baihu to freeload again early in the morning, so the three of them went straight back to the company.

The seven-day holiday was already fully planned by the veterans. Some went to visit relatives and friends, some had dinners together, and some even played games together.

But it was rather boring for the new recruits who had only been in the army for a short time.

Kaiyoumu went to the neighboring Fifth Company to visit his fellow villagers, while Li Dongshui sat on a stool playing games on his phone.

Xu Ge also took out his phone and saw that he was too lazy to reply to the blessing messages sent by his former classmates. He was about to clear them all with one click when he saw a message from Ao Xiang.

Ao Xiang: I heard from your comrade that you also plan to participate in this year's Hidden Wolves selection?

Xu Ge typed a reply: It's not Hidden Wolf, it's Sky Wolf. I need to participate in the brigade's Warrior Competition to qualify.

Ao Xiang didn't know the selection process for the Wolf Brigade. He guessed that someone had casually mentioned it to him, and Xu Ge explained it to him in detail.

As Wolf Head said last time, March and April are the months for the competition between warriors and strongmen. Those who obtain the title of warrior can qualify for the selection by Sirius in May.

As for the selection of Hidden Wolves, Xu Ge really didn't know.

Ao Xiang quickly replied: I see. I guess the Hidden Wolves have a different selection policy for your Wolf Brigade. We from other units have to participate in the preliminary selection starting in April, but Wu Xiaoyong and I don't need to participate. We can just go there in the middle of the year.

The two chatted for a while longer, and Xu Ge then learned that the requirements for people from other units to join Hidden Wolf were so stringent.

He had heard Guo Yuanshuai mention it before, and it was actually much simpler to go from Tianlang to Yinlang.

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Starting from the third day of the Lunar New Year, military personnel are allowed to take leave to travel outside the military.

However, due to the location of the Wolf Brigade's base, the nearest city is Night City, and it takes about a day to drive there and back.

In addition, not all soldiers could borrow a vehicle like Niu Sanxian, so most of them chose to go with the company's purchasing vehicle to the town of Thirty Mile Camp.

Or further afield, towards the snowy area, there's a place called Shiquanhe that I've heard is quite prosperous.

On the morning of the fifth day of the Lunar New Year, Xu Ge was looking at Thor's observation notes in class when Li Dongshui came in from outside.

"Xu Ge, shall we go for a walk?"

Xu Ge didn't even look up: "Where are we going?"

"How about Thirty Mile Camp, or Shiquanhe? I've never been there before."

"Why did you suddenly want to go there?" Xu Ge asked curiously.

Li Dongshui sat down opposite him: "Zhou Meng and the others went with the purchasing truck yesterday. They just told me it was very lively there, and there were lots of delicious foods!"

"I don't want to go. The food in the company has been pretty good these past few days."

"But I'm tired of eating it."

"Then go by yourself."

"You need to go out in pairs or more!"

"Then go find someone else."

Li Dongshui grew anxious: "Xu Ge! Every time you went to the military dog ​​unit before, who accompanied you in the heavy snow?"

Xu Ge was speechless: "Even if I agreed to go with you, what then? We still can't go today, can we? The procurement truck left before dawn, look at what time it is now!"

"You said you'd agree, so let's go ask the class monitor for leave right now."

Li Dongshui laughed, "The day before yesterday, the squad leader said that if we wanted to go out and have fun, he could help us arrange a car, hehe!"

Xu Ge thought about it and figured there was no harm in going out for a walk, so he got up and followed Li Dongshui downstairs.

The two quickly arrived at the family compound. Just as they entered the gate, they ran into Xu Can, who was coming out of the military supermarket. He was carrying a bag of snacks and wearing headphones, looking very relaxed.

"You two are having dinner at your sister-in-law's again?" Xu Can asked casually, taking off his headphones.

Li Dongshui shook his head and waved the leave slip in his hand: "We're planning to go out for a walk, so we came to ask the class monitor for leave."

Xu Can's eyes lit up, and she quickly handed over the bag of snacks in her hand: "Take whatever you want to eat. Where are you two going? Can you take me with you? I'm so bored during my vacation these past few days!"

Xu Ge and Li Dongshui looked at each other, neither of them reaching for the snacks. Xu Ge asked, "Where are the rest of you from Tianlang?"

Xu Can: "None of them went out; some have already started training."

"Rolled like this?" Xu Ge was taken aback.

Li Dongshui hesitated, "Mr. Xu, it's not that we don't want to agree, it's just that we don't know where to go, let alone whether we can even get out!"

Xu Can asked curiously, "Why?"

Li Dongshui: "We need to ask the squad leader if he can help us find a car to go out today. If he can, we'll go out and have a look around. If he can't, there's nothing we can do."

"A car is easy to find, I can borrow one!"

Xu Can looked at the two of them and asked, "Can you drive?"

Li Dongshui shook his head.

Xu Ge: "I can drive, but I don't have a driver's license."

"No one checks military vehicles, so that's settled. You two go ask for leave right away. I'll go back and pack up, and we'll meet at the gate!"

After Xu Can finished speaking, he ran inside, but stopped after a couple of steps and turned back to say, "We don't need to wear civilian clothes, we can just go out in our military uniforms."

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Ten minutes later, Xu Ge and Li Dongshui arrived at the entrance of the family compound, where Xu Can was already there.

Sure enough, Guo Yuanshuai meant that since they were driving military vehicles, they didn't need to change into civilian clothes; they should go out as soon as possible and come back as soon as possible.

"XCMG, where is the car you borrowed?" Li Dongshui asked.

"The communications company of the First Regiment, follow me!"

Xu Can, with a milk stick in his mouth, handed one to each of Xu Ge and Li Dongshui, and the three of them headed straight for the regimental headquarters compound.

The communications company was located on the west side of the regimental headquarters compound. Xu Can led the two men directly to the dormitory building.

"I have a fellow villager who is the squad leader of the female soldiers. Can I ask her to come along?"

"sure!"

Xu Ge and Li Dongshui didn't care, since Xu Can had found the car anyway.

As soon as I entered the corridor, I heard a woman's voice on the first floor loudly scolding something.

"Look at how you folded your blankets! What the hell do they look like?"

"After a few days off, you've all forgotten who you are, haven't you?"

Xu Can stopped in his tracks, looking embarrassed.

Xu Ge and Li Dongshui exchanged a glance, their faces filled with shock.

Goodness, can a female squad leader really be this wild when she's cursing?

Compared to him, my old deputy squad leader is practically a virgin!
After a while, there was finally no more movement inside, so Xu Can called out, "Zhang Qian?" "Hey, coming!"

Before she could finish speaking, Sergeant Zhang Qian came out and immediately put on a smile when she saw Xu Can. "What's wrong, Can Can?"

"I want to go out for a walk, will you come with me?" Xu Can said.

Zhang Qian glanced at Xu Ge and Li Dongshui: "What do they do?"

Xu Can: "Together!"

"What are you doing with two greenhorns?" Zhang Qian blurted out.

Xu Ge and Li Dongshui: ...

Xu Can said earnestly, "Don't talk about them like that. They saved me last time, they're my friends!"

"Oh, that's how it is!"

Zhang Qian suddenly realized, "Then wait for me a moment, I'll go back and arrange some work."

Xu Can nodded: "Okay, we'll wait for you in the car."

"it is good!"

A dozen minutes later, a jeep drove out of the regimental headquarters and sped away along the cement road.

After driving about a kilometer away from the camp, Xu Ge parked the car on the side of the road and turned around to ask, "Where are we going?"

Xu Can: "It's almost noon now, let's go check out Thirty Mile Barracks first."

“Okay, I’ll navigate first,” Xu Ge said, taking out his phone.

"Stop using the navigation, I know how to get there. Just keep driving along this road on the left, and you'll be on the national highway in half an hour!" Zhang Qian said from behind.

"Okay, let's go!"

Xu Ge stepped on the gas, and the car sped off.

Ever since she learned that the two new recruits in front of her were the ones who had saved Xu Can last time, and that Xu Can had said that the two were his friends, Zhang Qian started teasing the two recruits as soon as she got on the bus.

"Have you two handsome young men ever been in a relationship? Do you want to find girlfriends? There are plenty of single female soldiers in our class!" Zhang Qian said with a grin.

Xu Ge and Li Dongshui quickly shook their heads.

Xu Can was also somewhat amused and exasperated: "Qianqian, stop teasing them. Don't you know that male and female soldiers aren't allowed to date in our brigade? Don't make them retire early."

"Rules are rules, but I'll just cover for them. When I get discharged, my parents will be so happy to have a girlfriend!"

Zhang Qian said seriously, "I'm not joking. The female soldiers in our class are all quite attractive. They all have big breasts, curvy butts, and long legs!"

Xu Can laughed too: "Then just ask Li Dongshui. Xu Ge said last time that he already has a girlfriend."

Zhang Qian immediately patted Li Dongshui on the shoulder: "You can call yourself Li Dongshui, you look so young. What do you think? Tell your older sister, don't be shy."

Li Dongshui gripped the doorknob tightly with her right hand, shaking her head like a rattle: "I don't like women who like to flirt with men!"

puff!
Xu Can couldn't help but almost spit out his drink.

Xu Ge tried hard to suppress his laughter, but his body still trembled uncontrollably.

Zhang Qian: ...

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Once on the national highway, Xu Ge knew which way to go. Without Zhang Qian reminding him, he turned the steering wheel and drove straight south.

After a journey of about twenty minutes, the barracks buildings, thirty miles ahead, came into view.

To the surprise of all four, most of the shops in town were closed, whether it was because of the Lunar New Year or some other reason.

Xu Ge drove around for a while but couldn't find a single restaurant to eat at.

"Are you hungry?" Zhang Qian asked.

Xu Can touched her stomach: "I'm fine."

Xu Ge and Li Dongshui both said they weren't very hungry.

"Then let's go to Shiquanhe!"

Zhang Qian suggested, "Anyway, it's not far, and the snow on the road has mostly melted."

Li Dongshui immediately raised his hand in agreement, and Xu Can also said he didn't care.

"Then let's go to Shiquanhe!"

Xu Ge stepped on the gas, and the car continued south along the national highway.

At 1:30 p.m., a town much larger than Thirty Mile Camp appeared ahead; we had arrived at Shiquanhe.

"Keep driving in, and we'll park the car at the entrance of the border station," Zhang Qian reminded them.

This place is larger than the Thirty Mile Barracks, and has a significantly larger population.

Not only local residents, but also many foreign tourists are traveling around.

Especially outside the border station windows, the queue for border permits had stretched for dozens of meters, including many foreigners with white or black skin.

Zhang Qian greeted the sentry on duty at the border post, and after parking the car, the four of them walked into the street.

Xu Ge sniffed, the aroma of various kinds of rice and roasted meat wafting over, immediately making his stomach rumble.

Zhang Qian seemed to be very familiar with the place, and she insisted on taking everyone to eat the best barbecue. She led the three of them through a maze of turns until they arrived at the entrance of a barbecue restaurant located at the entrance of an alley.

Inside a still-rotating oven, fragrant beef and mutton were roasted to a golden brown, while on the table next to them were yogurt and juice in various colored packages.

"Boss, how much are the grilled meat skewers?" Xu Can asked as he stepped forward.

The owner said while turning the stove, "Small skewers are 20, large skewers are 50."

"How big are the small skewers and the large skewers?" Xu Can asked again.

"This is it!" The owner held up a skewer of mutton that weighed almost half a pound and shook it.

Xu Can turned to the three of them and said, "Order whatever you like, it's on me today!"

Li Dongshui shook his head: "No need, no need, we have our own money."

Zhang Qian teased, "Little Shui Shui, with your meager allowance, you should save it to buy yourself some underwear, socks, toilet paper, and the like. Don't be shy with your older sisters."

Seeing that the other party had said that, Li Dongshui pointed to the largest roasted lamb leg and said, "I don't want to eat meat skewers, I want to eat roasted lamb leg."

Zhang Qian: ? ? ?

Xu Can was left speechless, both amused and exasperated: "Dongshui, I can't afford to treat you to a roast lamb leg!"

Li Dongshui took out his phone: "It's okay, I'll treat you..."

"Dad, I want to drink orange juice!"

A childish voice suddenly rang out from the side.

At the same time, Xu Ge suddenly smelled a familiar scent, and his expression immediately changed.

This smell was exactly the same as the one Xu Ge smelled in the early hours of New Year's Eve; he later learned that it was the smell of drugs!

(End of this chapter)