It is the You hour.

The setting sun is like blood, and the afterglow is golden.

It was time for the guards to return to the camp. The female members had already left the camp in groups of three or four.

But when the guards came back today, they found that no one had left.

The women were not training either. They were all standing under the shade of the trees in the corner of the training ground. Each one of them looked more nervous than the other. They didn't know where to put their hands, and their eyes occasionally glanced towards the house diagonally opposite.

This is also true for several ladies.

Wu Niang's style and demeanor were becoming more and more like that of a clan leader. Furthermore, everyone knew that the clan leader rarely took charge of matters anymore, and now Wu Niang had the final say in most matters within and outside the clan.

He called the coach away, obviously wanting to know about everyone's training situation.

Everyone had little time to spend with Wei Xiyin. She had been busy since she came back. What if she left a bad impression? The thought of this...

How could everyone not be nervous!

The lady beside Han said in frustration, "If I had known Wu Niang would come today, I should have finished the lessons assigned by the instructor."

In the house.

Xiao Guqiu held his small long tasseled spear and sat quietly beside his fifth cousin.

The three coaches took turns to come forward and report on everyone's training progress.

"My lady, there are currently 28 people participating in the training. I have divided them into three groups based on your and the ladies' training progress. I am in charge of Group A, which consists of people who have made rapid progress and have good physical strength..."

His group is highly motivated and can successfully complete the daily assigned lessons.

After all, they are all ladies from aristocratic families, and the coach dare not torture them like he does when training new recruits. Most of the time, the training tasks he assigns are very easy and can be completed with a little effort.

Another coach stepped forward and said, "Miss, I'm in charge of Group B. I can barely keep up with the physical strength and training, and I'm also enthusiastic about practicing martial arts, but my talent is a little lacking..."

The last coach was embarrassed to speak. "I'm in charge of Group C. The young ladies and wives may not have suffered much. The weather is hot right now, and people are often late or absent..."

Especially the young ladies, some of whom have children at home, who leave the camp from time to time for some business...

Ever since the girl told the female family members that they could come to the camp to participate in training on a voluntary basis, some people came with the mentality of wanting to become stronger, while others joined on a whim. After the training began, they found that they were willing but unable to do so, and were completely unable to endure the hardship.

Originally, the tribe did not expect the women to go out and kill zombies. The purpose of participating in the training was mainly for exercise, so that if any emergency occurred in the future, they would have good physical strength to deal with it.

Wei Xiyin's expression remained unchanged after hearing the coach's words. She had given everyone a chance, and if they were willing to stay in the backyard, she would not force them. However, if they took the quota but did not take it seriously, they were afraid that their monthly food quota would be reduced accordingly.

The female members of the family who participated in the training were all given badges. Now the tribesmen are making fire and cooking at home, and the badges can be exchanged for food.

Of course, the tribesmen who did not work could also receive a small amount of food.

Mingjingtang couldn't just watch its people starve to death. Every month, every household received relief food, which was enough to keep them from starving but not enough to keep them fed. Now, if the people wanted to live a good life, they could only work like the outsiders and receive the corresponding food and supplies.

She asked calmly, "Are there any outstanding individuals, or those who you consider to be promising martial artists?"

The three coaches looked at each other, then glanced at Wei Guqiu, who was sitting next to Wei Xiyin with his head down and very quiet.

The coach didn't dare to hide it. "Replying to the girl, there are a few people in Group 1 who have a talent for martial arts, such as Eighth Lady and Madam Han. There are also a few other ladies who have been influenced by the recent practice and have made significant progress, and have been promoted to Group A."

The coach kept staring at Wei Guyiu.

It goes without saying who influenced him.

"As for Lady Shi, for some reason she's been a bit slack in training lately and has fallen to Group B."

Wei Xiyin paused slightly, "But something happened at home? Or are you feeling unwell?"

These coaches may not know that women always feel uncomfortable for a few days. Tenth cousin seems to be a few months younger than Wei Lang. If she has her first period, these coaches probably won't notice it.

The coach shook his head repeatedly and said, "I dare not ask about the young lady's affairs. If you have time, you can talk to the Tenth Lady."

Wei Xiyin sighed, "Okay." But she didn't have the time, so she could only leave it to the others.

Seeing that it was getting late, she called out everyone's names one by one and asked about their training progress, and the coach answered them one by one.

Among them, the eighth cousin Wei Ximing performed particularly well.

Wei Xiyin wrote down the list and said, "Send someone to Mingjing Hall to tell them that starting next month, the badges for the three training groups will be separated. The third group will only have bamboo badges each month, the second group will have poplar wood badges, and so on. I'll discuss the rest when I get back."

"yes!"

When I came out again, it was already dark outside.

In the end, the female relatives did not wait for the results of her inquiry. Seeing that more and more guards came back from the camp, everyone had to go back with trepidation.

Wei Xiyin took the child to the door. When the guards in the camp saw the girl, they all bowed and greeted her.

She nodded, turned to look at Wei Guqiu, who had been very quiet, and asked gently, "Guqiu, are you hungry? Do you want to go back and eat first?"

Wei Guqiu shook his head and replied, "Fifth cousin, I'm not hungry. I haven't finished my training for today."

Wei Xiyin said calmly, "But the instructor said you had already finished it."

"That was assigned by the coach. I haven't finished mine yet." Xiao Gu Qiu was very stubborn.

Despite her young age, she had her own set of self-consistent logic and thought that as long as she became stronger, her fifth cousin would take her out to kill monsters.

She didn't think about her age at all.

Wei Xiyin stared at the child's stubborn eyes for a while, knowing that she couldn't reason with her. It would be useless to say anything now. She said, "Since Gu Qiu isn't hungry, then Fifth Cousin will take you to a place."

Wei Guqiu shook his head and was about to refuse.

Wei Xiyin then said quietly, "Gu Qiu, don't you want to kill zombies? You have to understand your enemy first..."

Having said that, she ignored the child and walked towards the camp gate, and ordered the guard beside her: "Go and inform Gong Liulang, I'll be waiting for him at the research institute." They were going out to mine ore tomorrow, and Gong Liulang would be in charge in the future, so he naturally had to go with them.

Wei Guqiu was stunned when she heard this. She stared at the long tasseled spear in her hand, and her expression became very conflicted. Seeing that her fifth cousin had already walked away, she hesitated for a moment and hurriedly jogged to catch up.

In the research institute.

Chu Yu was checking the information of several people who answered the questions correctly.

Just one day after the notice was issued, three people answered ten questions correctly. He was not familiar with these three people, and had never even heard of their names, so he asked someone to go to Mingjing Hall to get their household registration for inspection.

After reading it, Chu Yu sighed, "There are actually two women. Adding Xie Ruian, I'm afraid this research institute will have more women than men in the future."