The terminator of the system of seniors and juniors

To serve in Mazu Dongyin, a small island that is still closed to the unit on the island, the most fearful thing is that the old bird is playing as a rookie, because the bullied rookie has to wait for several months to return to the island, which is like being in prison, and the pressure is nowhere to be found. catharsis. Especially in the era when the system of seniors and juniors was taken for granted, coupled with the underdeveloped channels for appeals and the poor system of officials and officials— if the veterans play too much, the rookies can’t survive for a while, and regrets often happen. Back then, I heard of several cases of rookies who couldn't bear bullying and committed suicide in shame...

However, this all happened decades ago. When I was serving in Dongyin, the Hong Zhongqiu incident had not happened yet, but the army was very concerned about the adaptation of new recruits, and the company commander we just took office ordered to stop the old bird bullying the rookie. Although we inevitably felt contemptuous glances from the seniors after leaving the army, or taunting intentionally or unintentionally in our conversations, we were never really bullied.

Even so, there is still one unit in the company that is beyond the reach of the company commander, and that is the kitchen .

In the days of the former company commander, the seniors of Huofang closed the door to play with the juniors. No one outside the Hufang knew about them, and the juniors did not dare to complain. When these juniors finally survived until the seniors retired and became seniors, they wanted to do the same. When I was a junior, unfortunately, the current company commander clearly prohibited bullying the junior. After finally becoming a mother-in-law, someone supported the daughter-in-law and couldn't move her. You can imagine the imbalance in their hearts.

However, even if you can't "move" the junior, you can always "talk" to the junior. Anyway, the kitchen is closed, and who knows what happened inside? The rumors that seniors go out to make junior brothers, as long as they are skilled, it is still difficult to constitute bullying.

In other words, after we arrived in Dongyin, we first conducted a one-week adjustment education in the dry training class. During these few days, I met a brother named Xiao Fang (pseudonym). Xiaofang's father runs a restaurant. He often goes to his father's shop to help after school. He has long been familiar with the principles of dealing with others. In addition, he is honest, honest and helpful, and everyone likes him very much.

After the adjustment and education, we were fortunately distributed to the headquarters company next to the headquarters. I thought that we would spend more time in the same company, and we could take care of each other, but I didn’t expect that the work and rest of the barn soldiers were completely different from ours. They were usually locked in the barn, and usually only during meal time would I see him busy in the restaurant. Busy, of course there is no spare time for small talk.

After a while, the recruits began to take turns serving as a team (assisting the crew in distributing meals, cleaning dishes, kitchen utensils), and I had more time to contact Xiao Fang, but I was surprised to find out— The hearty smile that hung on Xiao Fang's face in the past was gone, replaced by a sad face. I found an opportunity to chat with him a few words, and asked him how he was doing in the kitchen. Xiao Fang forced a smile and said nothing.

Soon after, the counselor transferred me from the driver to the office to do political warfare, to deal with some paperwork, and to participate in the first (personnel management), the second (administration), the third (training), and the fourth ( In charge of logistics)... Wait for the seniors to work together. Anyone who wants to apply for related business (especially the case of returning to Taiwan) will come to the office to deal with it, and this has also become a distribution center for gossip.

Once, Luo Da, a senior in the kitchen, walked into the office, and at first glance, he knew that he was not here to do business, but to chat—since Xiao Fang waited for the recruits to enter the kitchen, he left most of the drudgery to them. Very idle - just entered the door, he showed a malicious smile, and said to San Yi and San Er:

"Do you know that new troop soldier? It's the tall, thin, black and black one." Seeing that there were gossips to listen to, Shen Yi and Shen Er immediately put down their work and looked at Lao Luo with high spirits. Lao Luo continued:

He's so cool. Two weeks before he came to the kitchen, he saw us called " Senior "; after the second week, he called us " Huh "; a month later, we called him, but he ignored people Yay !

When Lao Luo was describing his appearance, I knew he was talking about Xiao Fang, but the attitude of the man he described next was not the Xiao Fang I knew.

At this time, the senior in the office started to say something to me, " Damn, all the juniors are so slender now? " " You won't find a chance to mess with him? "... Listen to them, although the target is not Me, but Xiaofang and I are on the same ladder and have a good relationship, so I am still full of sadness. Unfortunately, I really don't know what happened, so I can't help Xiao Fang to say a few words, I can only let them say it.

From that day onwards, things about Xiao Fang's lameness spread among the seniors. All of a sudden, the first sentence of the conversation between the seniors turned into " Do you know that new trooper ..."

One morning, I was recruited to be a driver again. When the commander drove back to the headquarters, it was already one o'clock in the afternoon, and everyone had eaten and took a nap. When I passed by the kitchen, I saw Xiao Fang and a few recruits working hard to clean the stoves—this work should have been done by all the soldiers in the house, but Lao Luo and other seniors just pushed the juniors to do it, preventing them from taking a lunch break— I saw his brows furrowed even tighter, as if he was full of thoughts. I wanted to go up to chat with him, but I was too embarrassed to interrupt his work, so I left.

The gossip about Xiao Fang has been circulated for a few weeks and then stopped, and I gradually forgot about it.

" It's yours to hold on to it! "

Can't remember which of the officers said this, he said that no one found it easy to be a soldier; however, as long as you got through the hardest days of the first few weeks, it would get better and better. Maybe this sentence applies to most people, but it definitely does not apply to Xiaofang and other recruits in the kitchen; in the small space of the kitchen, stay with the seniors who wait all day to see your jokes and leave you bad errands. Together, it's really hard to survive. For him, the most useful sentence should be -- it's yours to hold out until those seniors who will bully you are discharged from the army!

Finally, Lao Luo and several senior Fang Fang retired one by one, and Xiao Fang became more and more senior. It just so happened that the commander found out that the troop soldiers could not participate in the five-point physical training due to their working hours, so they were forced to take turns to exercise with the troop every day. We finally had time to have a good chat with Xiao Fang.

At this time, on Xiao Fang's face, the long-lost gentle smile appeared again, and he was as chatty as before. During a free exercise time, a few of our soldiers on the same ladder sat under the basketball hoop and chatted, and unknowingly talked about the rumor about Xiao Fang being rude to the senior a few months ago.

Xiao Fang sighed heavily, as if he had been suppressed for a long time, and suddenly he could spit it out—

"You've all worked in the kitchen, so you should know what it's like to be busy in the kitchen, right?" We nodded, and he continued, "Just joined the kitchen, Lao Luo and the others left us all the bad errands, and at the same time we want to Cooking vegetables, cleaning kitchen utensils, cleaning oil-water separation tanks... and so on.

"One time, I was cooking, and I was almost dead. I just ran out of salt, so I said to Lao Luo, 'Hey, help me get some salt, thank you.' He didn't say anything at the moment, but then he talked to people everywhere. Saying I was rude made me hated by many seniors during that time.

"Oh yes, he also said that I ignored people, right? That time was also because I was cooking, and the voice was already loud enough. He called me twice and I didn't hear it, so he said I was deliberately ignoring him, in front of everyone. Even if I apologized to him, he still used these two things to sour me whenever he found a chance.

"I had a very miserable time during that time, but thinking about it, he was just a bit sloppy. There was no need to report this kind of thing to the counselor, so he had to swallow it himself."

The truth of the matter came out, and as I guessed, Lao Luo deliberately messed with him. Although I knew that Xiao Fang hated Lao Luo, I couldn't help but ask him, "Will you want to contact him after you leave the army?"

" No! " Xiaofang said decisively, " I have never hated a person so much in my life! "

After all, Xiao Fang is the Xiao Fang I know, and he has an honest personality. He told us: He will never bully his junior brother by the means that Lao Luo used to deal with himself.

Xiao Fang really did what he said! I passed by the kitchen several times, either to see him brushing the kitchen utensils with his juniors, or to watch him and his juniors sit in the dining room and eat happily, letting the kitchen utensils pile up as high as a mountain in the sink, waiting for them to eat and drink. deal with it together. He shared the joys and sorrows with the students, and naturally won their respect and love.

On Dongyin Island, how many regrets have occurred in the past when seniors bullied juniors? I have no idea. However, I know clearly:

 At least in our company's room, the vicious atmosphere of the senior junior junior system was brought to an end by Xiao Fang in just a few months--I really admire this!