Training

Maybe it was because it was rare for the compound to hold such a large event, or maybe everyone wanted to know who would win the three prizes, the competition was very exciting until the last day.

Just like the previous two weeks, there were still people coming to the commune photo studio that day, but they were not the only ones taking pictures. There were also reporters from the Yunnan Provincial Military District. They planned to do a special report on military wives and publish it in the next issue of the military district newspaper.

Because there were reporters, the wives of the soldiers paid extra attention to their appearance that day. Not only did they wear their best clothes, they also showed their white teeth to everyone they met, for fear that they would appear in tears in the photos that were published for the first time in their lives.

Compared to the previous two weeks, the schedule for the last Sunday is relatively relaxed.

The competition starts at 8 o'clock. Before 10 o'clock, it is the competition from 30 to 15. From 10 to 12 o'clock, it is the competition from 15 to 8. From 1 to 2 o'clock in the afternoon, it is the competition from the quarterfinals to the semi-finals. At 2:30, the semi-finals will be held to determine the top two and third and fourth places, and then they will compete against each other to determine the final ranking.

Ye Min's skills are considered relatively good among military wives. After two months of training, her physical strength has also improved a lot, so she won easily until the final.

But there may be an element of luck in the previous matches. Those who can advance to the finals must have good overall strength. For example, the military wife who competed with Ye Min for the championship, although her physical strength was not as good as hers, her skills were better than hers.

In addition, there was an hour's break between the semi-finals and the finals, and the opponent's physical strength lost in the semi-finals had almost recovered. So even though the two of them fought back and forth at the beginning, with each round lasting seven or eight minutes, Ye Min was behind in the final score.

As expected, she lost the first game.

Fortunately, the first game lasted long enough, and the opponent's physical strength decreased slightly after the start of the second game. After the seventh round, Ye Min finally overtook the opponent and won the second game in one go.

After the game, Ye Min had five minutes to rest.

As soon as she sat down on the stool, Meng Cheng came over with the two children, pushing through the crowd. Meng Zheng was holding a military water bottle, while An An was holding a few candies. They put them in front of her and said in a baby voice, "Mom, eat!"

Ye Min was wiping his sweat, but when he heard this, a smile broke out on his face. He took the candy from An An's hand and said, "Thank you, An An." He then took the water bottle from Meng Zheng's hand, thanked him in the same way, unscrewed the lid, tilted his head back and took a big gulp of water.

Although the atmosphere was tense during the competition, it was only a family competition after all, and during the break, the military wives who were watching quickly relaxed. Seeing the family interaction, they all praised the two children for being sensible with envy on their faces.

When the military wife who was competing with Ye Min for the championship saw this, a bit of envy appeared in her eyes. But her husband's forehead was almost dripping with sweat. It's over, he was beaten!

The break was short and the third game started soon.

Although the championship and runner-up and third and fourth place competitions were held at the same time, the level of the third and fourth place players was much lower than that of Ye Min and her team, so the competition ended relatively early.

After the game over there ended, all the spectators rushed to the crown and runner-up's side, and in an instant the table was packed with people inside and outside.

The photographer hired by the Women's Federation and reporters from the military region also gathered here, holding cameras and pointing them at the two people participating in the competition, taking a picture from time to time.

The military wife who was competing with Ye Min for the championship was a little nervous when she saw this scene for the first time, and she felt a little hesitant after the kick-off.

Ye Min was very calm. Everyone knows that life is a huge drama simulation and that she is watched by thousands or even tens of thousands of people every day. She would not think that having a few photos taken is a big deal.

So after the third game started, Ye Min won several points in a row.

Although the opponent adjusted quickly, she was ultimately unable to reverse the situation due to the difference in physical strength. She became weaker and weaker, while Ye Min became more and more courageous.

The game lasted for one hour and thirteen minutes, and Ye Min won the game smoothly.

As the champion and runner-up were decided, there was a burst of enthusiastic cheers at the scene. Meng Zheng even shouted: "That's my mother! My mother is the champion!"

An An also followed suit and called out in a baby voice: "My mom! Junjun!"

During the competition, Meng Zheng showed off a lot. Everyone got used to it. Those who were close to him echoed: "Yes, yes, your mother is the best!"

Although Meng Cheng said nothing, his face was full of pride, and his eyes were shining when he looked at Ye Min.

The competition ended with the award ceremony. Due to funding constraints, the award ceremony platform was also rather simple. It was the same platform used for the opening ceremony, with a red cloth-covered banner at the back as a decoration.

But the person who presented the award to Ye Min was not a simple person, he was the local commander.

Living in the same compound, it is impossible for Ye Min to have never seen the other person. Moreover, the health center is right next to the division headquarters. Before An An was born, Ye Min often went to the division headquarters cafeteria to eat.

But to say that she was very familiar with the commander, it was not true. She only spoke a few words to him when he went to the clinic for treatment. So she felt very honored to see the commander wanted to give her an award.

The other two award-winning wives of soldiers obviously had similar thoughts as her. Their expressions were excited but also a little nervous. The third place winner even straightened her clothes several times before going on stage, fearing that her clothes would not look neat enough after she went on stage.

After seeing this, Ye Min couldn't help but look down at his clothes and trousers, and silently rolled up his sleeves and buttoned them.

The commander himself was quite friendly. He didn't pay much attention to her clothes. After handing the prize to Ye Min, he said, "You play table tennis well."

After the prizes for the first, second and third place winners were distributed one after another, the reporters from the military region took a few photos of them, and the event ended successfully.

On the way back, Meng Zheng jumped all the way.

An An, who was in Meng Cheng's arms, saw this and wanted to get down and walk too, but she was not yet able to walk steadily. Although she was put down, Ye Min and Meng Cheng were still worried and held her hands on both sides.

Meng Zheng was so excited that he ran far and then ran back. Seeing them holding hands, he also trotted to Ye Min's right side and said, "I want to hold hands too!"

Ye Min stretched out her right hand, and he placed his hand on it, jumping and making up lyrics to sing: "Big hand holding small hand, we all walk together."

Not to mention, the lyrics are quite catchy.

…

After winning the championship of the campus table tennis competition, Ye Min's life did not change much except for the first two days when everyone kept saying "the champion is here" when they saw her.

Classes are still going on as usual and training is continuing.

Oh, she finally did the horse stance properly. Even though it didn't reach the standard of Mengcheng's military training, she was able to hold on for more than 20 minutes. She no longer collapsed after a few minutes like she did at the beginning.

Meng Cheng did not intend to train Ye Min as a soldier, and had relatively low expectations for her, so after May, he began to teach Ye Min military boxing.

There are three sets of military boxing. The first and second sets have sixteen movements each, and the third set has thirty-two movements. Meng Cheng started teaching Ye Min from the first set.

Before starting to teach, Meng Cheng first showed Ye Min a set of boxing moves.

Generally speaking, tall people tend to be clumsier than short people, but Meng Cheng is not one of them. His boxing moves can be described as “graceful as a startled bird, graceful as a swimming dragon”, strong, smooth and handsome.

Ye Min and Meng Zheng were mesmerized, and only came to their senses when he finished his moves, and they clapped their hands vigorously at the same time. But Meng Cheng did not get too complacent, and stood up and said, "Let's practice the first two moves today."

Ye Min was a student, so of course she had no opinion, but before she could say anything, Meng Zheng said, "Dad! I want to practice boxing, too. Can I practice with you?"

Ye Min and Meng Cheng had originally agreed that Meng Zheng would learn with her, so she did not forget to call Meng Zheng when she was practicing running.

But Meng Zheng was young after all, and could not endure hardship that much. After only a few days of training with Ye Min, he began to find various ways to skip training. He trained only occasionally, and now the limit of his horse stance is still five minutes.

Because he was still young, the couple didn't push him too much and planned to wait until he was a year older before watching it.

Now is an opportunity, Meng Cheng said: "No, it's too early for you to practice boxing."

Meng Zheng asked hurriedly: "Then when can I practice boxing?"

Meng Cheng said, "Wait until you can learn not to be lazy and can stand in horse stance for fifteen minutes."

Meng Zheng's face turned red, and he said unconfidently, "I won't be lazy anymore."

"You do it first."

Meng Zheng immediately said: "I'm going to do a horse stance now!" After that, he spread his legs, did a half-squat movement, and raised his hands on both sides of his waist.

Meng Cheng didn't look at Meng Zheng much, because he still knew his son well.

This child looks much calmer than his peers, but he also has many other characteristics. For example, he gets bored after only three minutes of doing something and is a bit lazy. He is the type of person who would rather sit than stand and would rather lie down than sit.

When he is interested, he is willing to move, but once the interest is gone, he doesn't want to move no matter how his parents coax him, and his brain is fully focused on competing with his parents in wits and courage.

To deal with a kid like Meng Zheng, you have to hang a carrot in front of him so that he can see it but cannot reach it.

Now military boxing is like that carrot. If you want to practice boxing, you should build up your physical strength first, right?

Based on Meng Cheng's understanding of Meng Zheng, before he started practicing boxing, his interest in military boxing would not diminish, and he should be able to cheer himself up and practice physical fitness diligently for a period of time.

During this time, he just had to set up the posture and concentrate on teaching Ye Min the moves.

Ye Min was okay at sports. Her limbs were not particularly developed, but not stiff either. She understood the essentials of the movements very quickly and learned two moves very quickly, but her strength was not enough and she looked unimpressive.

This is not the most important thing. The important thing is that when she was sparring with Meng Cheng, she smashed him around, and Meng Cheng looked fine. She felt a pain in her nose.

Meng Cheng took her hand and asked, "Does it hurt?"

Ye Min opened her right hand and said, holding back tears: "It hurts, why is your body so hard?"

Meng Cheng raised his head and glanced at her: "Is this the first day you knew I was hard?"

Ye Min's thoughts suddenly changed. She raised her head and glared at him, then glanced at Meng Zheng who was sweating profusely while doing horse stance next to her: "What are you talking about? The child is watching!"

Meng Cheng coughed and said, "I mean, it's not like you haven't touched my muscles before." He also glanced at Ye Min, indicating that she was seeing dirtiness.

Ye Min: “…”

After the verbal fight, Meng Zheng looked at Ye Min's finger joints one by one. They were a little red, but not a big problem. He said, "If you just want to practice for show and fight one or two ordinary people who have never practiced martial arts, you can continue to practice like this, but if you want to become famous, you have to work hard."

Ye Min asked: "Does becoming famous mean participating in competitions?"

"Do you want to participate in the competition?" Meng Cheng asked.

Ye Min shook her head: "I just wanted to protect myself. I was able to beat down four or five adult men."

Meng Cheng squeezed Ye Min's hand unconsciously, and finally asked the question that had been buried in his heart for a long time: "Before you joined the army, did any man bully you?"

"No," Ye Min looked up at him, "Why do you ask that?"

"No one would want to protect themselves unless they have experienced being unable to protect themselves." They would never say something as relatively accurate and descriptive as "four or five adult men."

Ye Min understood what he meant and said, "It really hasn't happened, but I have heard of similar things, and for a long time I was afraid to walk at night."

Although the public security may be much better now than in the early 1980s, there are always people in this world who pretend to be crazy after drinking a few glasses of cat urine. Similar cases did happen in Jiangcheng a few years ago.

At that time, Ye Min had been transferred to the health room. She could basically get off work at six o'clock and rarely had to walk at night, so she never thought that something similar would happen to her one day in the future.

Meng Cheng accepted Ye Min's explanation and said, "I'll bring a sandbag back in a few days. You can practice on it. First, you need to build up your hand strength and second, you need to learn to tolerate pain."

He hopes that Ye Min will not encounter such a thing in the future, and he will work hard to shoulder his responsibilities as a husband and protect her and the child.

But he also knew that accidents were inevitable in life, just like when An An was born. He couldn't guarantee that he would not miss every dangerous moment in Ye Min's life. He could only follow her wishes and help her become stronger.

…

The training for the day ended here. After it ended, Ye Min went to take a shower. When he came out, he saw Meng Zheng's face was covered in sweat, so he asked him to take a shower and change into clean clothes.

Meng Cheng went to the cafeteria to buy breakfast. After he started teaching Ye Min military boxing, he did not have as much time as before. In order to avoid a burnt breakfast, he had to stop eating breakfast temporarily, and the family started eating in the cafeteria again.

But Meng Zheng and his sister were both very happy. It was not because they complained that the breakfast made by their father was not delicious, but because the breakfast they made at home was always the same over and over again, unlike the breakfast provided in the cafeteria, which was different every day of the week and very fresh.

On the fourth day of eating in the cafeteria, Meng Cheng really brought back a sandbag.

The sandbags that Meng Cheng mentioned are real cloth bags filled with sand. They are softer than wooden dummies, but on the other hand, they do not require as much reaction ability, which is perfect for novices like Ye Min.

Meng Cheng used a rope to hang the sandbag on the beam, just suspended above the dining table. In order to prevent sand from leaking out of the sandbag while eating, they moved the dining table to the side after tying the sandbag.

After tying up the sandbags, Meng Cheng said to Ye Min, "You don't have to hit the sandbags every day. Just practice for ten minutes each time and adjust according to the situation."

He also cut up an old cotton garment from home into strips and handed them to Ye Min, saying, "Wrap your hands around the strips when practicing to reduce friction."

After that, he gave Ye Min a brief demonstration on the spot, saying as he punched: "You have to punch steadily, aim at one point, and hit directly without hesitation."

He threw several punches in succession. No matter which direction the sandbag was hit by the wind, he could still hit the same place with the next punch, and the force did not decrease.

After a few punches, he held onto the sandbag and said to Ye Min, "You come."

Ye Min responded, wrapped the cloth bag around his hands according to the steps he said, then stood under the sandbag and punched.

The sandbag moved, but the arc was not big, and it was completely different from when Meng Cheng punched. But Meng Cheng did not laugh at her and said, "Continue."

Ye Min threw a second punch, and a third punch.

After throwing a few punches, Ye Min found that hitting the sandbag looked like a game, but it was actually quite tiring. She started to pant after just a few punches.

Although she was tired, she continued to hit the sandbag for a while. During this time, Meng Cheng stood by and watched her, giving her some guidance from time to time, asking her to adjust the angle or strength.

After more than ten minutes of training, Ye Min was exhausted, but Meng Cheng didn't let her sit down. He said, "Move around and stretch your muscles."

He didn't let Ye Min sit down, but he sat down himself and asked Meng Zheng to pour water.

Ever since he started teaching Ye Min military boxing, Meng Cheng's status at home has risen sharply.

Well, it didn't rise much, but Meng Zheng used to listen to his mother more and sometimes would deliberately go against him. But during this period, Meng Zheng was as servile as he could be in front of him.

Meng Cheng asked him to pour water, and he went without stopping, and even asked, "Dad, do you want hot water or cold water? Do you want tea leaves or soup?"

"Just boiled water." Meng Cheng said. It wasn't particularly hot in Yun Province in May, but he had just demonstrated his strength to Ye Min and didn't want to drink hot water anymore.

He did not forget his wife either, and added, "Pour a glass of water for your mother, too."

"What does Mommy drink?"

"I drink boiled water, too."

An An heard this and said, "An An, drink Bai Bai!"

Meng Zheng poured water for his parents and deliberately asked his sister, "What is Baibai?"

An An forgot how to say boiled water. After thinking for a while, he tilted his head and said, "Is it Bai Bai?"

"What is Baibai?"

An An was anxious, pointed at the cup in front of the tea table and said, "Bai Bai! An An wants it!"

Meng Zheng wanted to tease his sister again, but Ye Min, who had been stretched out and walked over, rubbed his hair and said, "Don't tease your sister anymore. If she cries, you can comfort her."

Although Meng Zheng likes to tease his sister, he doesn't like to coax her very much. Hearing this, he immediately calmed down and poured a glass of water for his sister and himself.

An An got the boiled water she had been longing for. She lowered her head in front of the tea table, licked the water in the enamel cup with her tongue, smacked her lips, tilted her head and asked in confusion, "Is it sweet?"

Laughing on the screen:

[An An, you don’t think boiled water is sweet, do you? ]

[My girlfriend's expression is so cute, I have taken a screenshot]

[You are obviously my daughter, An An, Mommy loves you~]

Since An An was born, Ye Min has seen hundreds of comments calling her daughter, if not thousands. Not only do some people call her a daughter, but many also call her a son. She has long been accustomed to it.

This time he calmly coaxed the girl: "Why isn't it sweet anymore? Try it again."

An An licked it again obediently, but when she looked up, she still felt it was not sweet enough. Ye Min fooled her and said, "There must be something wrong with your tongue. Try it again."

While Ye Min was fooling the girl, Meng Cheng was also telling his son: "Martial arts training requires gradual progress. If you don't have a solid foundation, no matter how well you practice the moves, it will just be castles in the air."

However, someone has a limited level of education and asked in confusion: "Dad, what is a castle in the sky?"

"It means a flower stand." Seeing that Meng Zheng was still about to ask what a flower stand was, Meng Cheng decisively gave up this way of communication and changed to a more down-to-earth way of saying, "Do you need to lay a foundation to build a house?"

After the hospital is completed, a large number of medical staff will be introduced, many of whom are married people. Therefore, after the hospital is renovated, the family building planned in the hospital also started construction later this year.

The hospital's family building is right next to the military family building. There are six buildings in total, four of which will be allocated to married medical staff. The sizes range from two to four bedrooms. Each building has three units, each unit has three floors, and each floor has two suites, for a total of 72 suites.

The remaining two buildings are dormitories for single male and female workers. They are also three-story buildings with eight rooms on each floor. Four people live in each room. In total, the two buildings can accommodate nearly two hundred workers.

Of course, the hospital initially estimated that there would not be that many employees, so the accommodation environment would be more relaxed. At the same time, it was not at the level of individual rooms, but married medical staff could also apply and be approved for a separate room.

After the news spread, many people in the family compound were envious. Although they all had houses to live in, there was always a difference between self-built houses and apartment buildings.

Now is the early 1970s, and there are always more people who yearn for buildings.

Because of this, after the construction of the vocational college next door started, the wives of soldiers and their children in the family compound went to see it in groups. Meng Zheng also went to join in the fun and learned what foundation laying was. He quickly said, "I know! You have to lay a foundation when building a house. The deeper and more solid the foundation, the bigger and stronger the house can be!"

"That's right. If martial arts boxing is a house, then physical fitness is the foundation. The better your physical fitness is, the more solid your foundation will be. When you start practicing boxing, you will feel more relaxed and your punches will be more powerful. The same principle applies when I let your mother hit the sandbag."

Meng Zheng immediately said, "I am willing to hit the sandbag, too."

When Meng Cheng was teaching Ye Min how to hit the sandbag, he was watching with great envy. Unfortunately, he was not tall enough, and even when he raised his hands over his head, he could only hit the bottom of the sandbag.

Seeing Meng Zheng's plan, Meng Cheng said, "That's for the future. The most important thing for you now is to improve your physical fitness. If you don't have a good foundation, it will be useless no matter how many sandbags you hit."

When Meng Cheng mentioned physical fitness, Meng Zheng couldn't help but feel guilty: "I haven't been lazy these days. I've been running and doing horse stances every day."

"Your mother has been training her physical fitness for two months, how long have you been training?" Meng Cheng asked back, and concluded, "Keep training."

Meng Zheng sighed: "Okay, then how long should I continue to practice?"

"About two months."

Meng Zheng immediately asked, "So long? Didn't I practice for a long time before?"

"Learning is like sailing against the current. If you don't move forward, you will fall behind. You have practiced before, but you were intermittent and never saw any results. Now you have to start all over again."

Seeing Meng Zheng's face full of tears, Meng Cheng continued, "Actually, if you don't have perseverance in martial arts training, I don't recommend you to stick with it. If you come here today and you're interested, you can practice for half a month, and if you don't have the energy, you can rest for another half a month. You'll only be spinning in circles after learning so much. We have me and your mother at home, so you just need to learn martial arts in the future. It doesn't matter whether you can do it or not. Anyway, if you're bullied, come back and cry, and we'll definitely help you out."

Meng Zheng was originally wavering between persistence and giving up, but when he heard that he was the weakest in the family and could only cry when being bullied, his mind suddenly became hot: "Dad, I will never be lazy again. I will definitely get up and continue running tomorrow."

"Have you thought about it? You won't regret it later?"

Meng Zheng nodded vigorously: "I will definitely not regret it!" He didn't want to be weaker than An An in the future.

Noticing her brother's gaze, An An, with the help of her mother, almost finished the cold boiled milk in the enamel cup: "Huh?"

[Hahaha, this couple is so deceiving and tricky, most children can't handle it. Look at how Meng Zheng is stunned by what his father said]

[Under the guidance of their parents, my sons and daughters are also very naive and silly today! Pray for them]

【Prayer +1】

【Prayer +2】

…