There was a lot of noise in front of the small building for the afternoon exchange class.

The thirty team members who had been screened by Bai Yan lined up at the door on the first floor and went into the office one by one to be interviewed.

From two o'clock to four o'clock, a full two hours, Bai Yan's throat was about to smoke.

But it wasn't because she asked too many interview questions, but because her throat was so dry that it felt like it was on fire after an afternoon of persuasion.

In order to give Teacher Wei more opportunities to choose, Bai Yan lowered the standards during the preliminary selection and selected thirty team members first.

As a result, none of the thirty team members had a positive impression of the exchange class during the interview.

Ask them whether they like watching foreign films and whether they enjoyed watching "Sea Wolf" last time.

The answers are love and enjoyment.

When asked again whether they would join the exchange class, the answer was that they were not interested and were afraid that it would affect their intensive training.

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After much persuasion, five people were persuaded, but we still didn't even have half the number of people required for the class.

Bai Yan was gurgling the water, and even Lu Jili couldn't bear to watch.

He said to Bai Yan sympathetically, "Sister Yan, why don't you take a rest?"

She had been talking non-stop for two hours just now, and her voice sounded a little hoarse now.

With the warm water moistening her throat, Bai Yan felt a little better.

She shook her head. Time waits for no one.

Teacher Wei and his team only have three weeks to complete the course, and we cannot allow the process to be affected by a failure to select students for the class.

"Teacher Wei, shall we continue?"

Bai Yan tilted her head to ask Wei Wei, and after getting his consent, she raised her voice to the outside, "Next."

After a long time, no one came in, and Bai Yan shouted again: "The next comrade can come in."

A young soldier ran in from the door and saluted. "Captain Lu, Teacher Wei, Teacher Bai, we have questioned all 30 team members."

Bai Yan quickly opened the records in her hand and calculated carefully, and it was true!

A look of embarrassment appeared on her face.

They couldn’t even select twelve students out of thirty people. How could these young soldiers from the 1980s be so short-sighted?

All the young soldiers who had been screened by her had a certain foundation in English, and some of them could even recite quite a few words.

Nowadays, they are still reluctant to come to the exchange class, simply because they think it is an additional training and do not regard learning English as a skill.

Bai Yan's eyes rolled around quickly.

Got it!

She put down her pen and walked outside.

"You've all worked hard this afternoon. You've been waiting outside for so long in the middle of winter. How about I tell you a joke to make amends?"

Bai Yan always smiled and spoke in a gentle tone when she asked questions to the team members.

Plus, she was pretty and close in age to those young men, so there was no sense of alienation.

Although the young soldiers were reluctant to attend the training class, they all enjoyed listening to her.

Bai Yan pursed her lips slightly, revealing two dimples. "One day, an old mouse and a young mouse were wandering around the room. Suddenly, a cat appeared in front of them, so they turned around and ran. The cat chased them closely. Just when they were at their wit's end and had nowhere to escape, the young mouse turned around and yelled at the cat twice: "Woof, woof."

She said this with great emotion, and put her hands on both sides of her cheeks to make puppy gestures.

He looked so adorable that even Wei Wei and Lu Jili who followed him out laughed.

I want to see what she is up to.

"Then, the cat was scared away by the two barks. The old mouse patted the young mouse on the shoulder and praised him, "Great! You can even bark like a dog."

Bai Yan paused at this point and asked, "Do you know what the little mouse said?"

Everyone's appetite was aroused, and they hurriedly asked, "What did you say?"

"The little mouse wiped his sweat and said, "How important it is to master a foreign language!"

After the story was told, everyone was stunned at first, and then burst into laughter.

Someone boldly asked Bai Yan: "Teacher Bai, telling jokes is fake, you really want to persuade us to join the training class!"

Bai Yan's eyebrows curved slightly, and she stretched out her beautiful white fingertips, making a "yeah" gesture, "BINGO~ You are all so smart, you guessed what I was thinking right away. In fact, learning English is very simple. As long as you are willing to put in the effort to memorize words, you will be able to get the hang of it soon."

"Everyone should know that learning a foreign language is very useful, whether you are looking for a job in the future or assisting researchers like Chief Engineer Meng in developing new aircraft or spare parts!"

The joke just now and her remarks really convinced several team members.

Yingxuan volunteered to try to join the study class.

Bai Yan didn't have time to do the interview at this time, it was good enough that someone was willing to participate.

She hurriedly pulled people to register.

"Teacher Bai, my Chinese writing is not very good. Will it affect my English writing?"

"No, even though the training course is only three weeks long, I will stay in the team. As long as you get the hang of it and are interested in continuing to learn, you can always come to me for help!"

Bai Yan was afraid that the team members would change their minds again, so she took the initiative to circle around them and said, "Just write your name here."

"Okay, I remember. You are from the Second Logistics Team. Nice to meet you."

"Your handwriting is beautiful. It would be even better if you could improve your English!"

There are fewer female soldiers in the brigade, and most of them are cultural and art soldiers headed by Xu Qingqing.

A kind and pretty girl like Bai Yan generously praised and smiled at those little boys, and immediately won over a large number of fans.

She was busy running around, checking the information enthusiastically, and her appearance caught the eye of Meng Hechuan who was standing at the corner.

His expression was a little complicated for a moment.

Can Bai Yan be so lively and easy to talk to?

Looking at the girl's raised lips and the shallow dimples on both sides, his eyes never disappeared.

A trace of irritation suddenly arose in Meng Hechuan's heart.

Why is this woman Bai Yan so enthusiastic towards everyone?

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Bai Yan registered the team members who had volunteered to join the team after being persuaded by her, and said in a cheerful tone, "One, two, three, four, five. Great, there are five more people! Two more will make it enough!"

Teacher Wei came over to take a look and was happy for her, "Yan, your efforts have not been in vain."

I don’t know if it was because of excitement, but Bai Yan’s little face was flushed.

There was a smile on the corners of her lips, and she looked pretty and lively.

Lu Jili teased her with amusement, "Sister Yan, there are five of us here, plus the five just now, you are still short of two people! How about I make up the number for you, and count as one?"

"Do you have time?" Bai Yan's eyes and eyebrows were full of joy: "Captain Lu, thank you so much! You are so kind! You have a college degree, you already have a certain foundation, you will definitely learn faster!"

Lu Jili was blinded and almost fell off the table.

Damn, it’s no wonder that Master Meng was so confused by Sister A Yan.

The smile she gave him just now almost made him lose control.

Lu Jili kept repeating to himself, "Achuan, brother, I have no intention of poaching your talents."

He stretched out his hand and tapped on Bai Yan's registration book, "Sister Yan, even if you add me, you are still one person short."

Bai Yan's little face fell in an instant.

"If it really doesn't work, then just let it be." Bai Yan bit the pen cap gently. This was a bad habit of hers when she was thinking.

It is better to have just one person missing than to have the entire exchange meeting blanked.

"Teacher Wei, otherwise——"

"Quite a few. Including me, there are exactly twelve people."