On Friday night, after practice, Mr. Nam - the "golden voice" of the village - brought 2 cases of beer and a package of dried yellowstripe scad into the cultural house, inviting the whole art troupe to celebrate with the reason: "Today is my birthday, I respectfully invite you all to a glass of beer to share the joy". Everyone cheered and happily responded, but Lieutenant Quan was startled and worried. The unit had a rule that soldiers were not allowed to drink alcohol or beer. If the whole art troupe of the unit refused to "clink glasses", it would be very embarrassing in front of the villagers; and if the soldiers drank beer, it would be a violation of discipline.

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Lieutenant Quan explained to the young men in the village about the unit's regulations and suggested that the soldiers be allowed to drink water to clink glasses, while he drank beer. After a while of persistent persuasion, the village men agreed. However, because there were only a few people drinking beer, and the village men "agreed that they would drink all of it before they could go home"; not only that, each of them insisted and invited the platoon leader to have a glass, so Lieutenant Quan was nervous. After the meeting ended, as soon as he stepped out of the gate of the cultural house, Lieutenant Quan fell...

The next morning, as he gathered his unit with a limp and a scratched cheek, Lieutenant Quan was asked by the company commander...

- Last night you must have had trouble sleeping because of the pain, right?

- Captain, I also have trouble sleeping, but not because of pain. Luckily, my injury was minor and I was on foot and not on a motorbike...

- So have you learned any lessons from this incident?

- Last night I thought a lot, blamed myself and really regretted it. If I had not been so considerate, had chosen my words carefully and firmly refused with the principle of not getting drunk, not violating the regulations and discipline of the unit, I would not have made mistakes, would not have been embarrassed in front of my comrades in the unit and would not have affected the good image of the army... I would like to apologize to the leader and the whole unit, and at the same time promise that from now on I will not be so considerate.

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    Source: https://www.qdnd.vn/quoc-phong-an-ninh/xay-dung-quan-doi/cau-chuyen-ky-luat-loi-tai-ca-ne-842399