"Since the last assessment, you have practiced for more than half a month. I believe your skills have improved. We will not practice today. We will give you a basic test today."

"take an exam?"

"Teacher Song, is someone going to be eliminated again?"

The person asking the question almost had nervousness written all over his face.

"Are you afraid of being eliminated?"

"Of course I'm afraid. We've been training for so long. If we get eliminated again, we won't be able to face the people of Jiangdong."

"Haha, no need to be so nervous."

"We are not eliminating anyone today. The purpose of the test is because some people have reached a level where they can earn money."

"Those who pass the test can start embroidering some simple piecework tomorrow, and those who fail will have to continue practicing. You all know that I will not show favoritism, so for the sake of everyone's "financial prospects", please take today's test seriously."

“Wow! That’s great!”

As soon as these words were spoken, the students below were immediately excited. They had finally waited for this day.

"Alright calm down, everyone put away the drawings you practiced with. I'll now hand out the content of the exam."

"I send them randomly. The patterns on the drawings are all different. In my opinion, there is no hierarchy of difficulty. Just complete as much as you can today. What matters is your quality, not rushing the progress. The progress is not the standard, and of course you can't slack off."

After distributing the drawings, Song Fuyu went to the sewing area next door.

"Fuyu, do we sell clothes individually?"

"I really like this coat, if it's on sale, I'd like to buy one."

Although they made them themselves, the fabrics were all new and could not be bought from the supply and marketing cooperatives.

"Not yet. We have to wait until we finish attending the trade fair in Guangshi."

She must prioritize ensuring that customers receive first-hand products. Before that, it would not work even if the clothes are only circulated within their group.

..........

After taking a flight for more than two hours, Yan Ziyuan landed at the nearest airport to Nieshi. After another four or five hours of driving, he could reach the Nieshi Military Region.

This time he was not the only one coming, there were five other people including Zhao Ju and Damao coming with him.

"You kid, you usually don't like these superficial things, why did you apply to participate this time?"

Zhao Ju was his leader, who was about ten years older than Yan Ziyuan, so his application would go through Zhao Ju's hands first.

"I came here to do something personal."

"Do you need any help?"

"Not for now, but if I need you, I will definitely not be polite to you."

He and Zhao Ju have been superiors and subordinates for five years, and they know each other's personalities very well. If there is something to say, they will say it without any false courtesy.

After arriving at the military district and greeting the leaders there, Yan Ziyuan went to find the person he had asked to find Gu Hai during the last phone call.

"Hello, comrade. I want to look for Liu Wang."

"Hold on."

"Jinzi, go call Liu Wang over."

"Hey, I'll go right away!"

After a while, the young comrade named Jinzi came over with a dark-faced, tall man.

The other person should be over 1.9 meters tall, and looks a little taller than Yan Ziyuan.

"Hello, comrade. I'm Liu Wang. May I ask who you are?"

"I'm Yan Ziyuan. I spoke to you on the phone before."

"Hello, Captain Yan, I have long heard of your name."

Liu Wang didn't expect that the famous Captain Yan actually looked so young, and his aura was exactly the same as in the legend.

"Let me talk for a moment."

The two went to a place where there were people but everyone could see them.

"After talking to you on the phone, I asked a lot of people about Gu Hai's whereabouts. I only got the exact news a few days ago. He should be in a county not far from here."

"After he was injured, he was taken care of by a comrade who retired at the same time as him. One of them injured his leg and the other broke his arm."

"I went to the hospital and asked around, and found his attending physician at the time. The doctor said that Gu Hai's leg injury was quite serious, and he was completely unable to walk at the time, and his lower body was paralyzed. The doctor suggested that he go to a large hospital for treatment, and perhaps he would be able to walk again in the future. As a result, Gu Hai secretly left the hospital the next day after leaving the medical expenses."

Liu Wang told Yan Ziyuan in detail the news he had learned during this period.

After hearing this, Yan Ziyuan didn't know how to evaluate Gu Hai's behavior. He could understand it, but he didn't agree with it.

He could guess that Gu Hai was most likely injured in the leg and was worried that if he could not recover and returned home, he would be a burden to his wife. After all, there were three young children at home who needed her care.

However, he underestimated his wife and children's desire to reunite with him.

"I will stay here for about ten days. I wonder when you will be free."

"I'm fine with either. If you want to go look for him, just let me know one day in advance and I'll ask for leave."

"Okay, thank you."

Two days later, Yan Ziyuan said hello to Zhao Ju and went to the home of Gu Hai's comrade Zheng Xiaobin with Liu Wang.

After getting off the car and asking along the way, we finally found Zheng Xiaobin's home.

After knocking hard on the door, the two heard footsteps coming from inside the house.

"Who is it?"

"Hello comrade, I'm looking for Zheng Xiaobin."

The person inside quickly opened the door.

A thin boy with his left arm missing appeared in front of the two. This person should be Zheng Xiaobin they were looking for.

"Who are you?"

Zheng Xiaobin, who opened the door, obviously didn't know the person at the door and asked in confusion.

"I'm Liu Wang, currently in the Nie City Military District. The person next to me is Captain Yan, from the Lu City Military District."

"Hello, please come in."

Zheng Xiaobin invited them into the house, and the alert expression on his face turned into a bright smile.

"Please take a seat. My house is a bit messy. I hope you two leaders will not mind."

"It's okay, don't be busy. We came here just to ask you something. Sit down and talk."

Yan Ziyuan motioned Zheng Xiaobin, who wanted to go into the house to get some water, to sit down.

"You tell me, I promise to tell you everything I know."

"Are you taking care of Gu Hai?"

Zheng Xiaobin was silent for a moment and then nodded.

"Yan Tuan, are you a relative of Brother Hai?"

"I'm not...his son asked me to look for him. Is he here?"

"No, I asked him to stay at my house but he refused. He lives about twenty miles away from here."

"Do you have time now? Can you take us to find him?"

"I..."

"Forget it, I'll take you there."

Zheng Xiaobin pushed out a three-wheeled bicycle, locked the door, and took Yan Ziyuan and Liu Wang to Gu Hai's current residence.