Siheyuan: From Being Called Shazhu

(Well, the last chapter was posted last night, but it wasn’t released until around 8 o’clock this morning. You can check the update time. But I still want to say sorry.)

After the Chinese New Year, as soon as January of 64 came, He Yuzhu started to get busy.

Even for the full-month banquet of Xu Damao's newborn son, He Yuzhu asked He Yushui to send two bottles of wine, which was rare in the market but hard to buy but definitely not impossible to buy, as a gift on the night before the banquet.

no way.

The order has been given from above to hold a military competition for the entire army.

If it were normal.

People like He Yuzhu, who belonged to the General Logistics Department and was a quartermaster officer who was a member of the military representative group stationed in the factory under the factory management department which was just established from the military quartermaster production department, were not qualified to participate in the competition.

However, pay attention to this but.

Now is an era of "abundant martial virtues".

Militia is also called soldiers, and military supplies are of course called army.

In this way, young and strong officers like He Yuzhu were on the list of those who must be selected.

Starting from the end of January, the full-time, closed-door training lasted for a full four months.

These four months have been extremely tiring for He Yuzhu.

Besides, I'm very tired, absolutely tired, almost exhausted.

Every morning, I warm up by running 10 kilometers, and then after breakfast, I run another 10 kilometers to digest the food.

Next comes firearms training.

Shooting.

No matter whether it is 54 or 56, you can even hit 56 and a half.

After the shooting, I disassembled and cleaned the gun myself.

At noon, I can finally eat.

However, after finishing the meal, continue running 10 kilometers to digest it.

Next comes combat training.

That was real "fighting", a ruthless sparring match to the death.

When everyone is too bruised and battered to get up, it's time for dinner.

It's evening now, and after dinner, I finally ran less than ten kilometers.

However, ideological learning and tactical learning came together.

Do you know the slogans shouted by the armed police in the 8s and 90s?

“The sanctification of the flesh” has been fully demonstrated at this moment.

no way.

Don’t think that He Yuzhu belongs to the military supply department of the General Logistics Department.

However, regardless of his nickname, he also tends to belong to the Army.

As for the army, let alone in this era.

Even in later generations, when even the coast guard could obtain second-hand new ships, the army could only obtain one "new equipment" called "new shoes".

Now, what else can we practice besides physical fitness, firearms and fighting?

There is no other way, just practice.

At least we can let He Yuzhu become a deserter and be eliminated on the grounds of "not being able to keep up".

Don't tell me yet.

The General Logistics Department has recruited nearly 3000 officers for this competition.

As for He Yuzhu, his performance has been ranked in the upper middle level from the very beginning.

In the end, only 50 people were left, and He Yuzhu's result was still ranked in the upper middle.

Of course.

This result refers to the performance of military officers.

It has nothing to do with the performance of the soldiers who train all day long.

After all, no matter how young He Yuzhu is, he has been practicing martial arts since he was a child without interruption.

Then he can only bully the "civil servants" who sit in the office all day, or the "old officers" who are already old.

Facing the soldiers who only knew how to train all day, He Yuzhu's performance was, well... let's put it this way, still above average.

Before we knew it, it was June and summer.

The headquarters, major military regions, and various arms of the military have organized large-scale competitions which are in full swing.

The purpose is to select the best players to participate in the military competition.

It is an honor that He Yuzhu's team was selected.

You can participate in the report performance in mid-June.

To be honest, even though He Yuzhu has traveled through time for 16 years.

However, this is the first time I have had such close contact.

Moreover, He Yuzhu was given a "cordial handshake and conversation" by the boss of the boss of Master Sun's former superior.

Although, these were just formalities, He Yuzhu was not the only one who was "received", "consoled" and "talked to".

But, sorry, never mind about the future, right now, He Yuzhu couldn’t help himself and was very excited.

This is just great.

After the report performance, He Yuzhu's team became busy, and very busy.

Maybe, today I am in Shenyang, participating in the regional competition here.

Tomorrow, I might be in Jinan, where I will compete with the top students selected here.

The day after tomorrow, I might be in Wuhan again.

Anyway, from late June to the end of July, during the entire competition, He Yuzhu's team had no time to relax.

Who made this team composed entirely of quartermaster officers, in other words, a team composed of a bunch of logistics people, appear in the newspaper?

What is this like?

It was as if during the exercise, Man Guangzhi was captured alive by a group of civilians working in military industry.

Well, if not them, who else should we look for?

Moreover, the General Logistics Department was also happy to let He Yuzhu and his team go out and show themselves.

After all, it's not just the faces of He Yuzhu's team that are exposed, but also the faces of the General Logistics Department, right?

In this way, at the end of July, after the military competition was over, although He Yuzhu and his team did not win the 7 individual first prizes, no one won the title of individual first-class pioneers, which was 2257 in total.

However, the title of "First Prize Collective Unit" with a total of 1212 units was still won.

This also meant that when He Yuzhu returned home, it was already early August and there was an extra bean on his shoulder, which became 2.2 cents.

"Hahaha, you're great. You didn't embarrass us old guys in front of our old leader."

"That's right, Zhuzi, your trip out this time has finally brought honor to us old guys. I wonder if anyone dares to laugh at us for being in charge of logistics this time."

A group of old men had already received the letter and knew that He Yuzhu would be coming back today. They had been waiting in the living room of Master Sun's house long ago. As soon as He Yuzhu came in, they started talking and patting his shoulders and back.

Each of them was extremely excited, as if they were the ones who received the honor.

Uh~~~

It seems true.

After all, He Yuzhu and others did not obtain any personal honors.

And the collective honor they received includes those little old guys.

However, Master Sun, who was sitting on the sofa, remained calm.

"You're back, that's good."

He just said this simply and continued smoking his pipe.

However, that corner of his mouth was harder to suppress than He Yuzhu's 56-stroke with one hand.

"Thin and dark."

Otherwise, everyone else is an outsider.

Even his biological sons He Wen and He Wu hid behind He Yushui and Xiaodong because they hadn't seen their father He Yuzhu for more than half a year.

Only Shi Xiaona came up and looked at He Yuzhu with concern.

"Well, we haven't seen the couple for half a year, so let's not disturb them for now."

"That's right. Let's go. It's a young couple's business. Why should we, a bunch of grown men, get involved?"

After a while of excitement, seeing He Yuzhu and Shi Xiaona whispering to each other, the group of old men wisely said goodbye and left.

Even Master Sun followed this group of old men out.

He Wen and He Wu were also sent out to play by He Yushui and Xiaodong.

For a moment, only He Yuzhu and Shi Xiaona were left in the room.

There is no need to say more about the rest. Just find the template yourself. May good people live a peaceful life.

Happy times are always short-lived.

In a blink of an eye, He Yuzhu spent a week at home like a boss, and now it was time to go back to work.

This time, He Yuzhu didn't return to the factory.

Instead, he returned to the agency headquarters.

Hehe, it was because He Yuzhu's team was selected into the "15th Anniversary Celebration" because of "good performance, hard training, excellent results" and so on.

Don't tell me yet.

It has been sixteen years since I traveled through time, although I am now in Kyoto.

But He Yuzhu has never watched any celebration.

Not to mention participating.

Now, He Yuzhu was so excited that he didn't know what to do. He just kicked and marched every day and felt like he had endless energy.

Moreover, He Yuzhu was not the only one who was excited.

Even the whole team was extremely excited.

In fact, this excitement is nothing.

The day we really need to be happy is the 16th, after National Day.

After the 16th, He Yuzhu didn't know what started.

Children in the streets and alleys always sing that very familiar nursery rhyme.

"Little ball, kick it, the malan flowers bloom twenty-one, two-eight, two-five, six, two-eight, five-seven, two-eight, two-nine, thirty-one."

Let me ask you, which Chinese person would not be happy when hearing this?

Gradually, time came to the end of 64.

Wang Fengting and Wang Fengmin, who was on leave to visit her relatives, came to the door.

The whole family just sat in the living room and talked about things.

"Zhu Zi, I want Xiao Dong and Yu Shui to find a date to get married before the Chinese New Year."

Wang Fengting's words ruined He Yuzhu's good mood.

Although He Yuzhu knew that He Yushui and Xiaodong's marriage was a foregone conclusion.

However, He Yuzhu didn't know why Wang Fengting was so anxious.

In just over a month, He Yushui will have his birthday and turn twenty years old.

Wouldn't it be nice to get married then?

Could it be...

Thinking of this, He Yuzhu frowned and looked at Xiaodong.

"Speaking of which, why are you in such a hurry to get married? Is it because my eldest nephew can't wait?"

"Brother, what did you say?"

Before Xiaodong could say anything, He Yushui stopped working.

Master Sun standing by also stopped working.

"How can you say that about your sister? You are kidding."

However, Master Sun also frowned immediately afterwards, and even lit his pipe and took a puff, then looked at Wang Fengting.

"Feng Ting, did you feel it too?"

Wang Fengting, who also had a frown on his face, nodded.

"Yes, I can tell. That's why I'm anxious to get Xiaodong and Yushui married. After they get married, I'll have more time to work with them."

"No, you can feel it now, right?"

He Yuzhu suddenly became anxious.

He didn't know what riddles Master Sun and Wang Fengting were solving.

Or rather, He Yuzhu knew, but he didn't dare to think about it.

After all, now, there is still more than a year before it happens, it is still too early.

But Master Sun ignored He Yuzhu and continued chatting with Wang Fengting.

"Okay, then let the two little ones get married as soon as possible."

Originally, He Yuzhu wanted to say something, but was stopped by Shi Xiaona.

Shi Xiaona shook her head at He Yuzhu.

Seeing that He Yuzhu did not interrupt, Master Sun glanced at He Yuzhu and asked again:

"After the two little ones get married, how do you plan to run it? Do you need my help? And, sister-in-law, what about you?"

"I'm fine over there. After the Chinese New Year, I will go with the team to help with the construction over there."

Wang Fengmin shook her head.

Wang Fengting also shook his head.

"I don't need your help here. When I'm done, I'll just retire and go back to the Northeast to recuperate. No one will be able to find me then. But I haven't figured out how to handle the two little ones."

Hearing Wang Fengting say "retreat to the second line", He Yuzhu suddenly broke out in sweat on his back.

He knew that Wang Fengting and Master Sun must know the problem of wind direction.

"Uncle, tell me, our whole family is here, let's see how to arrange for these two little ones."

As He Yuzhu finished speaking, Wang Fengting and Wang Fengmin looked at He Yuzhu in surprise.

Even Master Sun looked at He Yuzhu in surprise.

He Yuzhu smiled bitterly and shook his head.

"Don't look at me. For some things, it's better to make plans first."

"Okay, we are all family, let's sit down and talk slowly, there will always be a solution."

It can be seen that Master Sun is very satisfied with He Yuzhu's performance.

Now, in the living room, the only people who might not know what they were talking about were He Yushui and Xiaodong, plus Shi Xiaona and their two children.

Seeing that Master Sun said this, Wang Fengting started talking about the arrangements he had prepared.

"If it were up to me, Xiaodong and Yushui could go back to the Northeast with me after they get married and find a job at a small train station. However, Xiaodong and Yushui are still young. If they really go back to a small place in the Northeast, their future development will be somewhat limited. So I want to transfer them to Mentougou. Now the coal mines in Mentougou have basically stopped production, and the train station has become a small station with few people. In this way, they can go to a place with few people, and it will not hinder their future development."

"Hiding in Mentougou, what a great job."

Master Sun thought about it and agreed.

As for He Yuzhu, although he now has a general idea, at most he can only check for deficiencies and fill in the gaps.

With such an arrangement, He Yuzhu couldn't say anything and could only nod.

"It's well arranged."

However, He Yuzhu still looked at He Yushui seriously.

"He Yushui, remember this. When you get over there, if anyone asks you, just say you are the relative of a combat hero. Remember?"

Perhaps they were infected by the heavy atmosphere in the living room. Although they were arranged, neither Xiaodong nor He Yushui objected.

Even in the face of He Yuzhu's vicious words, He Yushui nodded very attentively.

"Remember that, brother."

After seeing that He Yushui had taken it seriously to heart, He Yuzhu looked at Wang Fengmin.

"Mom, although what I said was a bit revealing, please forgive me. Um, do you still have the certificate of my father's death? I want to go to the street to get a 'glorious martyr's relative' sign to hang on the door of my courtyard."

"Yes, it's in Xiaona's hand. When the time comes, just ask Xiaona for it and go directly."