"You are very generous. Our family is not rich now. Look, we have eight nephews to support. Life is tight every day. Why don't you share your dry food with your classmates?" Huang Yuelan said.
Huang Yuehu: "Sister, I know our family is not doing well, don't worry, I will go and make money after I graduate from junior high school."
"Don't worry, I don't mean to blame you. I just say that you are too kind-hearted. You actually help others while you are hungry. I will bring you more in the future so that you don't have to starve yourself." Huang Yuelan said.
Huang Yuehu looked at Huang Yuelan in disbelief. After all, what was the most precious thing now? Food. Huang Yuehu was surprised that his sister was willing to let him bring more dry food.
"Sister, are you serious? Are you kidding me?" Huang Yuehu asked.
Huang Yuelan: "Do you think I'm joking with you? Although our family is not rich, it's not difficult to get a few more yellow flour cakes."
Now Wang Jianguo's salary has doubled, and Huang Yuelan is also a teacher in the village primary school. Their lives are much more comfortable than before. Looking across the entire Hongqi Commune, the number of families whose conditions are better than theirs can be counted on one hand.
After deducting various expenses every month, there is still a lot left, and they just need to take a few more yellow flour cakes. For ordinary families, it may be reluctant to spend that, but for Huang Yuelan's family, it really does not lead to thwarting their life.
It was rare that her younger brother no longer bullied others like he did when he was a child, and also knew to take the initiative to help his classmates. Huang Yuelan felt particularly relieved and absolutely could not stop him.
If I stop him, he may not continue to help other students and may become particularly stingy.
Being helpful, helping each other, and uniting classmates are such good qualities that I must let my brother develop.
"Sister, you are so nice. I must work hard to make more money so that I can reduce the burden on my family in the future." Huang Yuehu said.
Huang Yuelan: "I'm not disgusted by your spending too much money, but you should not just focus on making money. Study hard first and take the high school entrance exam. You will have to go to college in the future. Do you understand?"
Huang Yuehu smiled and said nothing, he had his own ideas.
After all, the family is in such a difficult situation. If he goes to high school and then college, it will make this already poor family even worse off.
But if he said he didn't want to go to school, his sister would definitely be unhappy. Huang Yuehu kept quiet for the time being, thinking it would not be too late to talk after he found a reliable job.
When the weekend came, Huang Yuelan made more pancakes and steamed buns than usual, and asked her two younger brothers to pack them in cloth bags and take them to school to eat. She also shared them with a classmate whose family was so poor that he couldn't even afford yellow flour pancakes.
After a period of rest, Wang Jianguo's injuries are no longer serious.
After being discharged from the hospital, Wang Jianguo was transferred to a new place to serve as the head of the regiment.
As a regimental commander who had just been promoted out of turn, and the youngest regimental commander in their division, he naturally caused quite a stir in the troops where he was previously stationed.
There are many people who are promoted every year, but it is rare to be promoted several levels every year, so everyone is discussing Captain Wang who has just been promoted out of turn.
Wang Jianguo’s subordinates must have been happy for him before. Although they could no longer follow him and had fewer opportunities to see him, they felt a little reluctant, but they were still happy for his promotion.
But when Wang Jianguo first arrived at the place, he knew almost no one there, so naturally they didn't know his past. Seeing that he had become the head of a group at such a young age, it was inevitable that they would have many suspicions.
"Have you heard that this newly transferred Captain Wang was a platoon leader before, and he was promoted out of turn."
"Here he comes, it's him! Look!" one of the soldiers pointed at Wang Jianguo and said.
Wang Jianguo came to the cafeteria with a rice bowl to get food, which immediately caused quite a stir in the cafeteria.
As he had just arrived, everything here felt new to him. Wang Jianguo prepared his meal, found an empty seat to sit down, and then began to eat.
It was his first day here, so he didn’t know anyone. Although he felt that many people were secretly staring at him, Wang Jianguo pretended not to see anything.
Suddenly looking up, he saw someone staring at him. Wang Jianguo smiled politely and continued to eat.
After looking at Wang Jianguo, several soldiers turned around and went to eat.
"Oh my god, so young!"
"I thought he must be in his 30s or 40s, but I didn't expect him to be a young man. He looks younger than me."
"Yes, up to about twenty-five or twenty-six."
"He was promoted to regimental-level cadre at such a young age. Is there any hidden secret behind this? His family must have a great background."
"I think it's almost impossible to become a group leader at such a young age without any background."
While everyone was discussing, suddenly a shrill voice made the cafeteria silent.
Everyone looked in the direction of the sound, and when they saw it, they all sighed in their hearts: This is going to be a good show! That Captain Liu has always been dissatisfied with the behavior of some of the young men.
Captain Liu deliberately slammed his rice bowl heavily on the table, making a harsh sound and attracting everyone's attention.
Seeing the person opposite him throw the rice bowl onto the table, Wang Jianguo was not a fool. He knew that the person was up to no good and was specifically looking for trouble.
On the first day, Wang Jianguo didn't want to cause trouble, and even less did he want to conflict with his comrades here.
Seeing that Wang Jianguo was indifferent and had no reaction, Captain Liu asked, "I heard that you were just promoted to captain out of turn? Do you have any extraordinary abilities that made you favored by your superiors? If there is a chance, I would like to have a discussion with you. I also want to see what you have to offer."
Wang Jianguo knew that the army was full of talented people, so he decided to be cautious with his limited skills and not hit a wall.
"I don't have any special skills, but I am very grateful to my superiors for their kindness." Wang Jianguo said.
When Captain Liu heard this, he became angry. "How dare you be the captain of a regiment when you have no skills? How can you make the battalion commanders, company commanders, and platoon leaders trust you? How can you make your soldiers obey you?"
Wang Jianguo listened quietly without saying anything. After Captain Liu finished speaking, he smiled and continued to eat, pretending that he had not heard or understood.
Seeing that Wang Jianguo didn't respond, Captain Liu asked, "Tell me the truth. Does your family have connections? In fact, having connections means having ability. After all, not everyone has such capable relatives. There are some in our team, and they never hide it. No one says anything about them because they are honest. Why are you pretending?"
Wang Jianguo really wishes he had relatives with good background, but he really doesn't have any.
He was the only one left in the family. When he was young, he did have some cousins and relatives, but when they found out that he was an orphan without a father or a mother, they were too busy hiding to dare to acknowledge him, so he grew up independently.
"The captain is such a joker. I've been an orphan since I was young. How could I have any background or powerful relatives?" Wang Jianguo explained. Although he didn't know the last name of the man opposite him, when he saw that he was wearing the same clothes as him, Wang Jianguo knew that he was also a captain.
Captain Liu picked up the rice bowl and said, "Let's see how long you can keep pretending. I don't like being with people who like to pretend."
After seeing Captain Liu leave, Wang Jianguo continued to eat, as if nothing had happened, with no expression on his face.
"I can see that this new leader is really capable. He acted as if nothing had happened despite what Leader Liu said about him."
"That's right. If this happened to someone else, they would have been unable to sit still and started arguing. They might even fight if they were too hot-tempered."
Although the little commotion in the cafeteria was not a big deal, someone with ulterior motives reported it to the division commander of the army.
The division commander knew Wang Jianguo very well and all his past experience. He knew that although Wang Jianguo was young, he was very capable, had a rough life, and had no background at all.
However, many people saw that he was promoted at such a young age, so they made deliberate guesses and some even came to cause trouble for him.
Thinking of this, the commander admired Wang Jianguo's performance today.
Fortunately, he did not fight with Captain Liu today. If he had fought on the first day, it would definitely leave a bad impression on everyone.
In order to make everyone realize Wang Jianguo's abilities and make everyone trust him more and stop causing trouble for him, the division commander decided to hold a competition for regiment leaders.
Of course, the competition is not only to let everyone see Wang Jianguo's skills, but also to enhance everyone's awareness of training, improve everyone's military skills, unite everyone's comradeship, etc. There are many benefits.
We can see some wonderful performances in every competition, which is very exciting.
The notice was quickly sent to each company, and every soldier was informed of the news of the competition.
"That's great. I've been looking forward to holding the competition for a long time. I hope our group can achieve good results."
"This competition is indeed very good and is held at a very timely moment. It can expose the true colors of those who have no real skills and have climbed up through connections." said Captain Liu.
Captain Wu, a subordinate of Captain Liu, said: "If they don't come, we won't know about it."
"If he doesn't go, we'll just encourage him from the sidelines, and then he won't be able to go even if he doesn't."
"I saw that pretty boy was so scared that he didn't dare to confront you head-on. He lost face in the cafeteria. Everyone in his group said that it was really frustrating to follow this leader."
"If a soldier is a coward, the general will be a coward. With his cowardly appearance, it's strange that he can lead good soldiers."
Wang Jianguo also received the notice. Everyone takes this kind of competition very seriously.
Because this is related to the sense of collective honor, especially as the leader of the group, he must organize this event well.
Although he had only been here for one day, Wang Jianguo was not a man without judgment. Many people doubted him and did not believe in his abilities. They thought that since he became a platoon leader at such a young age, he must have been promoted so quickly because of his connections.
Even his battalion commander, company commander and platoon leader had similar ideas.
If everyone is not obedient to me, then I will not be able to stand firm and will not be able to lead my subordinates well.
This competition is an opportunity for me to prove myself, to let everyone see that I am definitely not some gigolo who knows nothing, nor did I climb up by relying on connections, but I rose through the ranks with my own abilities!
This competition seemed to be tailor-made for Wang Jianguo, as it was clearly stated that participation was required at the team leader level.
So, even if Wang Jianguo didn't want to participate, he couldn't because this was an order from his superiors.
Since it is an officers' competition, it is definitely different from ordinary soldiers' competitions, and even more different from previous militia competitions.
In the past, militia competitions focused on examining a soldier’s combat capabilities, such as shooting, overcoming obstacles, and long-distance running. However, officers must not only possess these abilities, but more importantly, they must have the ability to strategize.
The subjects of the examination are also relatively complex and diverse. For example, there are many items to be examined in terms of combat theory, special situation handling, action support, personal physical fitness and professional skills.
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