Chapter 1167 A Good Soldier
"Okay, you're still letting me go."

Wu Liuyi panted as he looked at Wang Yan who was breathing slightly heavily beside him.

The two had finished running ten kilometers and were walking on the playground to relax their muscles, occasionally raising their legs high to stretch.

Wang Yan smiled and said, "It's not too much. The old squad leader is still capable."

"You don't need to flatter me. Don't try that on me. In the army, strong is strong." Wu Liuyi waved his hand and asked, "How did you train?"

"I just run normally. I run 10 kilometers every morning for exercise. I run a half marathon once every two weeks, which is less than 22 kilometers. I run a full marathon once a month, which is less than 43 kilometers. Running builds endurance. I also jump rope and practice my steps, which also builds endurance. My cardiopulmonary function is pretty good. Maybe I am a genius. I have some talent."

"Marathon? How long is the fastest run?"

"About two and a half hours." Wang Yan was very modest.

"What about five kilometers?"

"About fifteen minutes."

"What's the world record?"

"Less than thirteen points. World champions generally score around thirteen points. I'm far from that. Otherwise, do you think I'm not an athlete?"

"You can still train and improve. It's a waste of your time to be a soldier." Wu Liuyi shook his head repeatedly.

"What are you talking about? The people's army serves the people, how can it be wasted? We have more than two million soldiers, and there are many talented people. I don't know how many people can run 5 kilometers in 15 minutes. Are they all wasted? I have wanted to be a member of the People's Liberation Army since I was a child. You have been a squad leader for six years, but your awareness is too low. You need to strengthen your political and ideological studies."

"Get lost!" Wu Liuyi also knew what Dongbei meant, and couldn't help but curse with a smile.

Of course he liked the army, he just had high hopes for Wang Yan and thought there was a better future for him, after all, Wang Yan was still very young. The treatment in the army was not that good, it was just that they had no worries about food and drink.

The real substantial improvement in the treatment of soldiers was in 2006, and adjustments were made in the following years. At that time, the allowances of middle and lower-level officers almost doubled. Retirement placement, compensation, etc., all increased to varying degrees.

It is only 2004, and it has not reached that level yet. Wu Liuyi, a sergeant with a big crutch, earns less than 3,000 yuan. Although it is definitely enough in those days, it is not as prominent as it would be 20 years later.

Wu Liuyi then asked, "Have you ever run with weights?"

"I haven't run it before. I know our army has an armed cross-country race, and the basic load is 15 kilograms, right? What? Do you want to compete again?"

"That's your third month's subject for recruits. We'll practice it then. There's a 400-meter obstacle course in a few days. Let's do it again. I really don't believe it."

I really don't believe it. This was the most words Wu Liuyi said that day.

Wang Yan nodded with a smile: "Squad leader, I will show you what it means to be a good soldier."

"Just blow it."

"You won't shed tears until you see the coffin."

"I won't bully you. Wait until you've practiced for a few days and become familiar with it before we fight again."

"No need. We can compete directly when the time comes, so that I won't take advantage of you. The company commander said that every horse should be brought out for a walk. I am a real steed, so I must show it off. I think our company commander is quite young, so he must have a good background. It will be comfortable to follow him."

"You've thought of this?" Wu Liuyi looked at Wang Yan in surprise.

"You can't just grow your muscles without growing your brains. We are all soldiers. After fulfilling our duties as soldiers, we must also think about ourselves."

"You have a good brain, but I am the one without a brain in your mouth..."

Wu Liuyi watched Chengcai running away from him in a half-dead state, and whispered to Wang Yan, "I'm telling you, don't spread it around. Our company commander's father is the army commander, so he's in our army."

"Look, what did I say?"

"Don't tell anyone. It will have a bad influence. Our company commander doesn't want anyone to know about it."

"Then you know that too."

"The whole group knows it, but he thinks we don't know." Wu Liuyi also laughed, and he warned, "Don't talk nonsense."

"Do you think I'm that kind of person?" Wang Yan waved his hand.

While chatting and laughing, the two walked around and went to the area with the single and double bars to stretch their legs. The topic naturally shifted to the assessment of the single and double bars in the army, and Wu Liuyi even demonstrated it to Wang Yan.

Wang Yan effortlessly performed double-handed, one-handed, double muscle-ups, front and back horizontal movements, as well as a human flag and space walk, mainly demonstrating his strong upper limb and core strength.

If you can do these movements, you basically know how to do the horizontal bar. Of course, it's just a normal way of doing it, not the kind of thing you can do in gymnastics competitions.

After this, the two of them found a corner to smoke. The cigarette belonged to Wu Liuyi. He asked Wang Yan if he could smoke, and Wang Yan said yes. He asked if he could drink, and Wang Yan said he could drink a little. He said that they would have a chance to go to a restaurant and discuss it again...

Wu Liuyi is a typical soldier, with strong professional qualities, a sense of collective honor, personal pride, and a competitive spirit. He always wants to be the best...

After smoking, the two strolled back.

Wu Liuyi did not return to the barracks, but went to find Gao Cheng.

"How is it?" Gao Cheng asked as soon as they met.

"I haven't outrun him." Wu Liuyi said with a smile, "This guy said he can run a marathon in just two and a half hours, which is more than 40 kilometers. He said he can run 5 kilometers in about 15 minutes, and I don't think he is lying. He beat me easily. I even pulled him to play on the horizontal bar for a while, and he is pretty good. He is also honest and says what he thinks. He is a good soldier. Captain, assign him to our class."

Gao Cheng laughed and scolded: "Your squad is already the spearhead squad of our company, and you are still not satisfied?"

"How can we be satisfied with this, Captain? We must make the tip of the knife sharper. Even though this kid has never touched a gun, he is definitely not bad. If he joins our class, our class will definitely be stronger. In the next confrontation exercise, our class will beat their entire company."

"You're bragging to me. What if we can't defeat a whole company of them?"

"That must be this kid's fault." Wu Liuyi chuckled.

Gao Chengxu pointed at Wu Liuyi and laughed. He immediately passed a cigarette to him and started chatting and laughing with Wu Liuyi...

Wang Yan returned to the barracks. The originally noisy barracks suddenly became quiet. He smiled and waved his hand: "Comrades, thank you for your hard work."

"Grass!"

Someone laughed and cursed, "You think you are the leader."

Wang Yan laughed: "When I come in, my comrades will give me a salute. What can I do? What do you think? Do you see that I have the temperament of a leader?"

"Get lost now. You didn't even say anything about your success. What did you say in the end?" After such a short while, you've already gotten lost.

"It's not a big deal. We are all grown men, so how can there be no conflicts? If there are conflicts, how can there be no fighting? We can just run away and it will be over. But as the old saying goes, we are all brothers who stir the same pot, so there is no overnight hatred. Right, Chengcai? It is true that I took advantage of you. Although you have a bad character, I still want to apologize to you. If you are not convinced, let's continue practicing. I am welcome at any time."

Chengcai just stared at Wang Yan and said nothing. He couldn't say anything either. He had already lost face, and it was not possible to get it back by just a few words. He was a smart man and naturally understood this truth... Seeing this, Wang Yan ignored him and waved his hand to the others, "Okay, this matter has been heard, everyone don't have to worry about asking questions, comrades, continue chatting. I saw that the squad leaders are not here."

Even though he said that, there were still people who came up to him and asked him questions. They were all about his fighting skills, asking him how he was so awesome.

Chengcai looked at Wang Yan, who was surrounded and in the limelight... He could only watch. Then he lowered his head and fiddled with the quilt on his bed...

After Wang Yan dealt with the inquiries from the nosy people, he came to his bed and saw Xu Sanduo sitting there. Under his butt were two quilts.

Seeing Wang Yan coming back, he smiled happily and said with a grin: "I heard everything. It's great that you are okay. It would be bad if you were not allowed to join the army. Wang Yan, I know you are doing this for my own good, but you can't become a soldier."

"Get lost, it has nothing to do with you, I just don't like him, this guy is not a good person."

"That's because of me. If he hadn't come to me, you two wouldn't be able to talk."

"You are really good at taking on tasks for yourself." Wang Yan shook his head with amusement, "Chengcai must have beaten you a lot at home, right?"

"He was playing a joke on me."

Xu Sanduo smiled, not caring at all, and patted the quilt under his butt. "Wang Yan, I folded your quilt too. The one at the bottom is yours. Chengcai said that the quilt must be pressed well before it can be folded. Your quilt can be pressed well if it is at the bottom."

"Thank you."

"You're welcome, we're friends." Xu Sanduo laughed heartlessly. While speaking, he propped up the iron frame of the upper bunk so that the quilt would bear more force and be pressed faster.

This was not without results. The new soldiers all knew that if they wanted to fold the quilt well, they had to press it well first. So Xu Sanduo was not the only one who did this. They all followed the same process. Press for a while, then follow the example of the old squad leader to smooth out the edges, press for a while longer, then press again.

It's not that good, still loose, but at a glance, it's barely acceptable. But it's definitely not up to standard. It's the first day here, the first time to fold tofu cubes, some are good, but not everyone is good. The most standard one is Chengcai, after all, he did some preparation, it looks good...

Faced with Xu Sanduo's kindness, Wang Yan did not refuse. He let him sit on the quilt while he lay on his side on the bed.

"Sanduo, why did you join the army?" he asked.

"Chengcai is right. My family is poor and can't afford to send me to school, so my father sent me to join the army. When they were recruiting soldiers, it was our platoon leader who recruited me."

Speaking of Shi Jin, Xu Sanduo was also very happy.

As we all know, Shi Jin was dragged down by Xu Sanduo, which affected his own professional performance. He had a great chance to be promoted to a fourth-term non-commissioned officer, carrying two crutches on his shoulders, but he finally left the army sadly. The famous scene of the jeep on Chang'an Avenue is really sad to see and to hear.

"Do you want to join the army?" Wang Yan asked with a smile, his hands behind his head.

"Think about it, be a soldier and practice your skills!" After saying this, Xu Sanduo lost his temper and smiled awkwardly, "It's just that I'm not as good as you, and I may not be able to practice my skills well. I always make mistakes."

"You have to be confident. How do you know if something is right? Didn't some famous person say that failure is the mother of success? If you make a mistake and learn from it, you will do well next time, right?"

"I was right about this, but wrong about that." Xu Sanduo felt a little depressed.

"If you're wrong, just correct it. Who can be wrong?" Wang Yan shook his head and smiled, then asked, "Do you think I was right or wrong for hitting Chengcai today?"

"Fighting is wrong." Xu Sanduo said in a low voice, stealing a glance at Wang Yan's face. When he met Wang Yan's smiling eyes, he hurriedly looked away.

"What's wrong with fighting?"

“It’s just not right!”

"Is it right for Chengcai to beat you? He probably beat you together with other people in your village, right?"

"That was just a joke. He was teasing me." Xu Sanduo laughed again, with a simple and honest smile.

The people around couldn't stand it anymore and said to Wang Yan, "Wang Yan, stop talking to him. There's something wrong with him." The man sat on his quilt, swaying and pointing at his head.

"Get lost, didn't you hear Chengcai say that Sanduo is a good student?"

"Maybe he's just learning stupid things. I tell you, there's someone like that in my class."

"Shut up now." Wang Yan scolded with a smile, then turned to look at Xu Sanduo, "Sanduo, do you think you can be a good soldier?"

"I don't think I can..."

"Why not?"

"I've never been able to do anything since I was a child, but you said I could do it..."

Wang Yan smiled and said, "You can do it."

"I can't do it." Xu Sanduo shook his head, looking like a cowardly person who has been bullied.

This is what makes people angry, but fortunately, Wang Yan doesn't have a good temper.

He smiled and said, "You have to be confident. When I was practicing boxing before, I also felt that I was not good enough, and others also thought that I was not good enough. What should I do then?"

"What should I do?" Xu Sanduo was curious, because he was like that.

"If I don't think I can do it, how can I make others think I can do it? So I look in the mirror every morning and tell myself, I can do it! If I can't do it, who can? I run and exercise as hard as I can, and I get stronger little by little. You can see that even our class monitor can't beat me. No one in my family can beat me either."

Wang Yan said, "Xu Sanduo, you have to tell yourself that I can do it! If you want others to respect you, you have to respect yourself first. If you give up on yourself, why do you think others will respect you? This is why you let Chengcai bully you since you were a child."

"That's a joke!" Xu Sanduo emphasized again.

"Yes, that's why Chengcai has been joking with you since he was a child, and he also brought other children in the village to joke with you. During the Korean War, the teacher said that it is better to hit with one punch to avoid a hundred punches. If you had grabbed Chengcai and beat him hard when he joked with you when you were in the village before, who in the village would dare to joke with you in the future.

Why did I hit Chengcai? I was afraid that he would joke with me, so I made a joke with him first. I was afraid that others would also joke with me. After I made a joke with Chengcai, others would not dare to joke with me. Do you understand?"

Xu Sanduo held it in for a while, reacted to a lot of jokes, and muttered again: "Fighting is wrong!"

"Then Chengcai hit you, right? Oh, no, Chengcai was joking with you, right?"

"wrong."

"Then you have to teach him what is right. If you reason with him, he will definitely not listen and will even joke with you. At this time, you can make a joke with him and then reason with him, telling him that fighting and bullying are wrong, and see if he will listen."

Wang Yan is very patient, stubborn and single-minded. If it were any other person, he would have been angry long ago. In fact, this is true. In the play, almost everyone has had a quarrel with Xu Sanduo, but they were eventually made to lose their temper by Xu Sanduo. However, they did not give up on Xu Sanduo, and they still taught Xu Sanduo things and reasoned with him. They are all good people...

If you want Xu Sanduo to grow, you have to change his mindset and make him grow up in advance, instead of letting others become stepping stones for him one by one before he understands and grows up.

In short, it is to let Xu Sanduo find himself as soon as possible...

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