Three days later, the family members at the residential compound arrived early at the military district gates to wait. Children aged seven and under wore painted red dots on their foreheads and held red paper flowers. Those over seven could choose whether to participate—they could have a red dot and a flower if they wanted, or skip them.
This time, everyone from the residential compound had returned alive, though eighteen were injured and seven were disabled. Among the eighteen injured, twelve would have to be discharged and transferred to civilian jobs.
The comrades of the Family Committee had already done the groundwork with the families of the wounded and disabled soldiers who needed to be discharged. The families unanimously requested that jobs be arranged for themselves and their children aged sixteen and older, including the girls.
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