Jiang's family won't come so soon, but we have to start preparing for the New Year. Chuxia and Jiang Shengnan went to buy New Year's goods, and Cen Huaian followed, as did Hu Pandeng and Xiaohe. Everyone wanted to go out and play.

Their parents followed them, because buying New Year's goods is more lively when everyone is together.

The market has not changed much from when Chuxia came before, it is still so noisy and crowded.

Everyone buys things in a whole bag.

Chuxia and Cen Huaian love the lamb skewers here the most. No matter where you eat them, they are not as good as those in Ganzhou. They are not fishy at all and the meat is delicious.

Several children followed the two to eat lamb skewers, and their mouths were full of oil. Normally, their parents would not let them buy and eat like this.

The price of mutton skewers is acceptable to Chuxia, but many parents would find it expensive. However, compared to the past, everyone's life is much better now.

At noon, Chuxia and An'an ate poke da, which is also a delicacy in Ganzhou. It is made of chicken and flour. It has a rich and chewy taste and is smooth and delicious. Chuxia and An'an each ate a big bowl.

The others ate all kinds of food. Everyone sat together and talked and laughed, very happy.

After returning from the market, the teenagers who played with Cen Huaian followed him home. They hadn't seen An'an for a long time, and it was time to talk endlessly.

Chuxia went upstairs, and Jiang Shengnan went to work, leaving the living room for these teenagers to play.

"An An, will you participate in the National Mathematics League this time?"

Xiao He asked impatiently. He was sure that he could participate in the physics competition.

"Yes."

Hu Pandeng and several other teenagers patted Cen Huaian and Xiao He on the shoulders, with admiration on their faces: "You said that everyone grew up by eating, but how did your brains grow? How are you so smart?"

Cen Huaian looked at him: "It's normal."

He stood next to the pile of fruits and snacks he bought today, preparing to put dried fruits and beef jerky on a plate for his friends to eat, but was rejected by Hu Pandeng.

"If we want to eat, we can just catch it ourselves. Isn't it troublesome enough for you to do this?"

Cen Huaian still packed the things and said, "This is more hygienic."

"An An, can I ask my uncle to come and watch us play Go? He wants to watch us play Go."

Cen Huaian: "Sure."

Xiao He smiled and immediately walked out to call his uncle.

Hu Pandeng glanced at his back, grabbed a handful of dried grapes and ate them, turned to Cen Huaian and said, "You are going to play Go again. Xiao He can't beat you every time, why do you still play so hard?"

"Because he wants to surpass me."

Xiao He regards Cen Huaian as his goal to catch up with. Every time he plays chess with Cen Huaian, it is not only to win, but also to detect whether the gap between himself and Cen Huaian has narrowed.

When Xu Lishu followed Xiaohe over, several teenagers had already turned on the big color TV and were watching TV happily.

At that time, "Journey to the West" was a hot show, and it was the favorite TV series of all children and adults. Many children were playing outside, holding a stick and pretending to be Sun Wukong, playing the game of Tang Monk going to the West to obtain Buddhist scriptures, which was also the most popular game among children nowadays.

Hu Pandeng found a stick from somewhere, and imitating the Monkey King in the TV series, he said to Cen Huaian: "Master, there is a monster ahead, let me go check it out!"

Then he went straight to Xiaohe and Xu Lishu: "Which monster are you? Tell me your name quickly!"

Xu Lishu and Xiaohe also cooperated with him and said: "This little master, we are not monsters. We are here to discuss Buddhist Go with your master."

Hu Pandeng walked around the two of them, put his hands on the balcony and looked at them carefully, then jumped in front of Cen Huaian again: "Master, I have seen with my golden eyes that they are not monsters."

Cen Huaian: "Then let them come. "

Xu Lishu and Xiao He walked over, unable to hold back their smiles, which grew a little too big: "Pandeng's costume looks a lot like Sun Wukong. An An, the master, looks the best."

Hu Pandeng pursed his face and chuckled twice: "I also think An An looks a lot like Tang Monk, fair and clean. If he talked more, he would look even more like him!"

Cen Huaian: ...

He looked at Xiao He: "Shall we start?"

Xiao He lowered his head and found that Cen Huaian had already set up the chessboard. He sat opposite him and said: "Start."

Xu Lishu stood beside the two of them, watching them play chess seriously. Hu Pandeng and the others lowered the volume of the TV, and later simply turned off the TV and gathered around to watch.

They couldn't figure out who was going to win, but because Cen Huaian and Xiao He's expressions were so serious, their hearts were lifted as they watched.

This time, Cen Huaian slowed down the chess game, not pursuing a quick win like he did in the training camp.

After watching for a while, Xu Lishu realized that his nephew could not beat Cen Huaian, and Cen Huaian was giving in to Xiaohe.

He was surprised but not surprised. On the plane, he saw Cen Huaian and Chuxia playing Gobang, and he felt that Cen Huaian was a good chess player.

It's just that he didn't get the certification at that time, and he didn't expect that at such a young age, he would learn Go so well, even better than some adults he had seen who started learning Go since childhood.

Xu Lishu watched more seriously, and his eyebrows wrinkled unconsciously. He not only analyzed Xiaohe's ideas about playing chess, but also analyzed Cen Huaian's layout. The more he

watched, the more wonderful it seemed, and it was also very inspiring to him.

At the end of the game, Xiaohe lost again without any surprise.

Hu Pandeng and several other boys felt a little sorry for him. They patted his shoulders and said, "Let's play again next time, let's play again next time."

Then they said to Cen Huaian, "An'an, it's fine that you have good grades, but how come you are so good at Go? You must not let my mother find out, otherwise I will die! It's painful to have a little river to compare with me every day."

Several boys laughed, obviously knowing how Hu Pandeng was forced to study by his mother.

Xu Lishu kept looking at the chessboard, and when Cen Huaian was about to clean up, he stopped him: "Let me watch it for a while. I have never thought of your idea of ​​playing this game. Can you tell me your idea?"

Cen Huaian put down his hand, looked at him, nodded, sat down in front of the chessboard again, pointed at the chessboard and started from his layout.

He arranged the game according to Xiao He's thinking. Otherwise, if he had decided the outcome based on the competition, Xiao He would have been very frustrated.

Cen Huaian didn't say this, but Xiao He could hear that he was being let down again. He pursed his lips tightly and stared at the chessboard.

After Cen Huaian finished speaking, Xiao He immediately asked Cen Huaian: "An An, have my chess skills improved?"

"Yes, a lot."

Xiao He's mood improved, but he was still confused: "Then why can't I beat you?"

Cen Huaian: "Because I am also improving."

Xu Lishu patted Xiao He's head. If Xiao He's talent in Go is eight points, then Cen Huaian is ten points.

One point is a gap that is difficult to cross, so Xiao He wants to catch up with Cen Huaian, unless Cen Huaian stops learning Go from now on, and Xiao He keeps learning.

"Your idea makes my current bottleneck loosen. An An, do you have time to play a game of Go with me? Any time is fine." Xu Lishu asked Cen Huaian with a sincere tone.

Cen Huaian went out to the market today and played a game of chess with Xiaohe. He felt a little tired. He nodded and said, "Let's play tomorrow."

"Okay."

Xu Lishu continued to think about the chess game. Cen Huaian was surrounded by Hu Pandeng, Xiaohe and other teenagers eating, talking, and watching "Journey to the West".

Ganzhou Tiangong Base.

Cen Zhengnian met with his old colleagues here again. When Yu Tian went to pick up everyone, he saw Cen Zhengnian and his voice was a little choked.

"Alas, Zhengnian, I am not capable enough and can't come to you yet."

When Cen Zhengnian left before, Yu Tian wanted to work hard to transfer to Beijing and work with him.

But there are not many such opportunities. Yu Tian's performance in Ganzhou Tiangong Base is very dazzling, but he hasn't waited for it yet.

Cen Zhengnian hugged him tightly, let him go, patted his shoulder and said, "I heard about your deeds in Tiangong in Beijing. Your failure to go to Beijing has nothing to do with your ability."

When the two worked together in Tiangong Base, Cen Zhengnian knew Yu Tian's ability very well. He was just teasing himself.

Yu Tian really laughed happily immediately: "You still understand me."

Ye Xingxiu saw that Cen Zhengnian was like returning to his hometown in Tiangong Base, and looked curious: "Is this your work place before the transfer?"

Cen Zhengnian nodded.

It was just a return to the old unit, and Cen Zhengnian didn't have much time to reminisce with his former colleagues. They came with a mission.

People from Tiangong Base were also responsible for helping with the experiment.

Now all that was left was the assembly and launch of the final materials.

However, the details of assembly are also very troublesome. If you are not careful, a screw will go wrong and the launch will fail. There cannot be any error in any data.

Cen Zhengnian was so busy that he forgot the time. Because it was a confidential task, he couldn't even call home or write a letter of safety.

Every night, after work, Cen Zhengnian lay on the bed in the dormitory, not daring to think about Chu Xia and An An, for fear that if he thought about it, the longing would be uncontrollable.

So he just wanted to work and recall all the details during the day to see if there was anything wrong. He fell asleep while thinking about it, and continued to be busy the next day.

Originally, Cen Zhengnian thought that only the final stage was left, and the launch test should not take too long.

But this is obviously not the case when working. There will always be various small situations during the period, including materials and data.

Everyone worked day and night, and the test was not launched on the scheduled date because the preparatory work before the launch was not completed.

Cen Zhengnian's work cannot be rushed, and the more anxious you are, the more problems are likely to occur. If the preparations are not done well and the launch fails, the consequences will be much longer than the preparation time.

Cen Zhengnian is the person in charge of the mission, and he will not allow failures due to insufficient preparations, so every job is done to perfection.

Ye Xingxiu and Yu Tian were so tired that they had no time to think about family matters.

"Cen Zhengnian, you are simply not a human being! Look at what you have tortured all of us into?"

Yu Tian also felt a little sympathetic, and he also felt overwhelmed.

"Zhengnian, since you left the base, I have rarely felt as busy as I am now." He said with a smile. Although he felt tired, Yu Tian enjoyed this feeling of tiredness.

Cen Zhengnian was still thinking about a data assembly problem just now. Hearing what the two said, he raised his eyelids and looked over and said, "Finish the work early and go home early. And if we are not serious enough now, who will be responsible if there is a problem with the launch? You?"

Ye Xingxiu and Yu Tian shook their heads and said nothing.

This is the latest key task of the country. If it succeeds, it will bring China into a new stage in this regard. No one dares to take the responsibility for failure.

No one complained about the hardship afterwards, and they just worked hard.

If Chu Xia knew that Cen Zhengnian was also in Ganzhou in the northwest, she would definitely not let Cen Zhengnian spend the New Year alone.

But neither of them knew that the other had come to Ganzhou.

The next day, Xu Lishu came to play chess with Cen Huaian at the agreed time, and Xiaohe and Hu Pandeng also joined in with great interest.

"Uncle Xu, who do you think will win when you play chess with An An?"

Xu Lishu: "I can't say for sure."

Hu Pandeng touched his chin, with curiosity in his eyes, and looked at Xu Lishu: "Uncle Xu, aren't you afraid of losing? An An is very good."

Xu Lishu still smiled and answered him in a good manner: "If you don't play chess with others because you are afraid of failure, then there is no need to continue learning Go. The purpose of playing chess is to make progress. Whether you win or lose, It's all a kind of learning."

Hu Pandeng nodded thoughtfully, but he couldn't think so complicated in his mind. He only understood one sentence after listening: "Playing chess with others is learning. Then I play ball with others, is it also learning?"

Xiaohe said beside him: "No, you just think you are very handsome when you win."

Hu Pandeng laughed and shook his head: "Winning is very handsome!"

The group walked and talked, and soon arrived at Cen Huaian's house.

He was sitting on the sofa watching TV, peeling an apple in his hand. Chuxia sat next to him, and there were cut apples on the plate in front of her.

Seeing Hu Pandeng and others coming in, Chuxia invited them to eat fruit. In addition to apples, there were also frozen pears and oranges in the house.

It is the season for picking oranges in the south. Oranges are very sweet. If Chuxia was not afraid of getting a sore throat, she would not be able to control her desire to eat them.

"Sister-in-law, I'm here to play chess with An An."

Xu Lishu greeted Chuxia first.

Chuxia waved her hand nonchalantly: "You guys go ahead, don't be polite here."

Cen Huaian handed the peeled apple to Chuxia, then stood up and looked at Xu Lishu and said: "Uncle Xu, do you want to play now?"

"Play."

The two set up the chessboard, guessed who would go first, and played chess.

Xu Lishu wanted to let Cen Huaian play the black piece first, but was rejected by Cen Huaian.

"We don't need to let him go."

Xu Lishu found that Cen Huaian was indeed very strong. When he played with Xiaohe before, he did not fully exert his ability.

Chuxia sat next to Cen Huaian while chewing an apple, while Hu Pandeng and his men surrounded the two men, one big and one small.

Xiaohe could understand the chess game, and the expression on his face was more nervous than when he played chess. He found that the powerful uncle in his mind could not beat Cen Huaian quickly.

Only then did Xiao He have a deeper understanding of the terrifying strength of Cen Huaian, and his heart began to sink.

The chess game between the two was progressing to a white-hot stage. Whoever has the upper hand next will win, and whoever is at a disadvantage will have little chance of winning.

At this time, voices came from the door. There were Jiang Shengnan, who was familiar to Chu Xia, and Xi Wang, who would frown when she saw him.

Jiang Zhengshi's children were also talking excitedly: "Grandma, the soldier just now was so handsome! Can I also wear a military uniform to play Mucang?"

"You can wear a military uniform, but you can't play Mucang."

Cen Huaize was still pestering Jiang Shengnan, saying that Grandpa must have Mucang, so let him touch it.

Cen Zhengshi was also in the army, and Cen Huai Ze had seen the soldiers and Mu Cang in the army. However, he could not touch these in his father's army.

Cen Huai Ze knew that his grandfather had a high position and great power, so he wanted to realize his wish of touching and beating Mu Cang here.

Jiang Shengnan could go along with Cen Huai Ze and pamper him in small matters, but she would not get used to him on major issues.

"No, no one can touch your grandfather's Mu Cang except himself."

Cen Zhengshi reprimanded Cen Huai Ze not to make unreasonable demands. The army was not his home, and he could not do whatever he wanted.

"Mom, this kid just wants to play with the wooden warehouse at home, you don't have to worry about him."

Jiang Shengnan smiled and pushed open the door of the living room. Except for Cen Huaian and Xu Lishu who were playing chess, Chuxia who was watching the chess game in the living room, all looked towards the door.

"Mom, brother, sister-in-law..."

Chuxia stood up and greeted them, smiled and looked at Jiang Shengnan and said, "Mom, An'an and Lishu are playing chess."

Xiwang smiled when he heard it, "An'an is still learning Go now? He is in the third grade of junior high school this year. Chuxia, as someone who has been through this, I have to tell you kindly that if you don't study hard for the high school entrance examination, you may not pass it. I also accompanied Xiaoze to study, and gave him all the things that were not related to study, so that he could pass my exam. The best high school in our city."

This made her feel uncomfortable. Chu Xia also looked at her with a smile: "Really? Then congratulations to you and Xiao Ze. My An An doesn't need my supervision. After all, he can get the first prize in the National Junior High School Mathematics League. It will be no problem for him to get into a good high school."

Xi Wang's smile was a bit forced: "Well... An An is very good."

After that, he took Cen Huai Ze and asked Jiang Shengnan: "Mom, where do we live?"

Jiang Shengnan took them to the room on the first floor.

"Aren't there rooms on the second floor?" Xiwang looked up and said, "Mom, let's live upstairs."

"Chuxia and An'an live upstairs."

Xiwang glanced at Chuxia and Cen Huaian, and continued to smile, "There are many rooms upstairs, and it's just right for Chuxia and her family to be neighbors."

Why can't they live upstairs? She and Cen Zhengshi are the eldest, and they should be consulted first before deciding where the two families should live in the house.

Chuxia looked at Xiwang and spoke. Xiwang always liked to have the upper hand in the family's interactions.

Jiang Shengnan said, "There are clutter in other rooms upstairs, and they haven't been cleaned up..."

Before Jiang Shengnan finished speaking, Cen Zhengshi pulled Xiwang, looked at Jiang Shengnan and said, "Mom, we'll live downstairs."

Xiwang was still frowning with dissatisfaction, and Cen Zhengshi said directly, "If you want to live upstairs, clean it up yourself."

She shut up.

Cen Zhengshi and his wife lived in one room, and Cen Huai Ze and Cen Huai Xin each lived in one room.

Before, Cen Zhengnian and Cen Zhengshi's rooms were downstairs, and now the things in Cen Zhengnian's room have been moved upstairs to Chuxia and Cen Huaian's rooms, and most of them have been sent to Beijing.

So the original Cen Zhengnian's room was cleaned up for Cen Huai Ze to live in, Cen Huai Xin lived in the previous guest room, and Cen Zhengshi and Xiwang lived in his own room.

"Your parents are partial." Xiwang said as soon as he entered the room.

"How are my parents partial?" Cen Zhengshi changed his coat and frowned at Xiwang: "Don't make trouble every time you go to my parents' house. You never make trouble at your mother's house."

Xiwang snorted: "That's because my mother loves me the most and our family has always valued us the most. You said you are the eldest, so why can't we choose the house first?"

Cen Zhengshi: "Because you have never been to the northwest before, your younger brother and sister-in-law have been here, so it's first come first served. And my parents have done a good job for us. My father helped me transfer to a new job."

Xiwang was speechless, but she had other ideas.

Cen Huai Ze and Cen Huai Xin were not interested in playing in the room. After putting down their luggage, they went straight to the big color TV in the living room.

Regardless of whether other people were watching or not, Cen Huai Ze wanted to watch his favorite "Journey to the West".

Cen Huai Xin and Cen Huai Ze were fighting over which TV series to watch. She wanted to watch "Dream of Red Mansions". The two of them started arguing in front of the TV. Not only could they not watch it, but the two of them blocked the TV series, so other people around them couldn't see it.

Moreover, their voices were too loud. Cen Huai Xin's voice was sharp and shrill. Xu Lishu was disturbed and couldn't concentrate on playing chess at all.

He looked at Cen Huaian embarrassedly: "An An, let's go to another place to play?"

Cen Huaian was a person who was not often disturbed by external things when playing chess, but this time he also felt annoyed when listening to the quarrel between the two.

"Okay, let's go to my room."

They carried the chess board and prepared to go upstairs.

The quarrel between Cen Huai Ze and Cen Huai Xin became more and more intense, and Jiang Sheng Nan's persuasion was useless. The two quarreled like this at home, and they started fighting. I don't know when a slipper in Cen Huai Ze's hand flew towards Cen Huaian.

Seeing that the slipper was about to fall on the chessboard, Cen Huaian took the chessboard and put most of the chess pieces on it, and hit it with his skill. The slipper was sent flying in the direction it came from, and hit Cen Huaize's head directly.

"Who hit me? Who hit me?"

Cen Huaian motioned Xu Lishu to put down the chessboard first. He turned and looked at Cen Huaize with a cold look in his eyes: "Isn't it normal for your own slippers to fly towards you?"

Cen Huaize was about to curse, but when he met Cen Huaian's eyes, he remembered that he was beaten by Cen Huaian before.

He couldn't beat Cen Huaian at all. He stopped being arrogant and complained directly to Jiang Shengnan: "Grandma, Cen Huaian hit me!"

Jiang Shengnan: "I didn't see it just now. Xiaoze, the slippers in your hand are yours. How could An An hit you with your slippers? He was so far away from you. And you are the older brother, you have to act like an older brother, don't take slippers at every turn."

Cen Huaize was so angry that he threw the slippers heavily to the ground, sat on the sofa and stared at the TV without saying a word.

He looked like this, not as sensible as Xiaohe and others who were younger than him.

Jiang Shengnan wanted to teach him a lesson when she saw his look, but he was her grandson, so she suppressed her temper and looked at Cen Huaian and said, "An'an, don't go upstairs, it's not easy to carry. Let's go to the study to play chess."

She led the way directly in front, opened the door of the study and said, "There are no confidential documents here. Your grandfather and I don't use the study often now. Chuxia, An'an, if you want to read books or play chess, just come here."

Jiang Shengnan pulled the stool away to make room for Chuxia and Cen Huaian, and let An'an and Xu Lishu put down the chessboard.

After the door of the study was closed, the sounds in the hall were rarely heard.

Hu Pandeng patted his chest and breathed a sigh of relief, hugged Cen Huaian's shoulders and asked, "An'an, are they really your cousins?"

Cen Huaian nodded.

Hu Pandeng, Xiaohe and the others looked at each other, with indescribable expressions in their eyes.

"An'an, you should come to our house to play in the future. My mother likes people with good grades the most. If she knew your grades, she would definitely treat you better than me."

"Yes, yes, Xiaohe usually goes to Pandeng's house, and Pandeng's mother likes Xiaohe very much."

The other little friends echoed.

When they thought that Cen Huaian had to live with two people outside who didn't care about others at all, they felt sympathy for Cen Huaian.

Cen Huaian nodded: "Okay."

He didn't think he was pitiful. Cen Huaize and Cen Huaixin couldn't take advantage of him. He had the same mentality as Chuxia, that is, he would dislike them and didn't want to live with them to make himself upset.

Cen Huaian and Xu Lishu continued to play chess, and from time to time they could hear the quarrels between Cen Huai Ze and Cen Huai Xin in the living room, mixed with the sound of Cen Zheng Shi scolding.

Jiang Shengnan couldn't control the two children, she frowned and went to find Cen's father to tell him about the situation at home.

"After two years, how come Xiao Ze and Xin Xin haven't made any progress? They are even regressing. Didn't Zheng Shi say that he would go home and educate the children well?"

Cen's father looked at the documents, and his expression did not change.

"You can tell a person's future from the age of three. The eldest is busy with work, so Xiwang takes care of the family more. She spoils the two children too much, so it's normal for them to grow up like this."

As he said this, Father Cen raised his head and sighed, "They live too far away from us, and even if we want to educate them, it's out of reach."

If the two children were also in the northwest, Father Cen would never let them grow up like this.

At night, everyone went back to their rooms to sleep, and Father Cen called Cen Zhengshi to the study.

"Have you disciplined Xiaoze and Xinxin?"

Cen Zhengshi was also troubled, frowning: "I have disciplined them. But they are all grown up, and the more I beat them, the more rebellious they become. They won't listen to me even if I say it gently."

Father Cen slammed the table and said: "These are all excuses! If you want to make both children useless and cause a big disaster in the future, you can continue to let Xiwang spoil them."

Cen Zhengshi also thought of the seriousness of the problem, and his expression suddenly changed: "Dad, what should I do?"

"Don't feel bad for them, train the two children well. The best way is to send them to the army to train with the new recruits for three months."

After Father Cen finished speaking, Cen Zhengshi's face showed a knot: "Dad, the new recruit training is very hard. Xiaoze and Xinxin have never done any heavy work at home. Can they hold on?"

He knew the hardships of the new recruits, so he was hesitant to send the two children there. And this decision, needless to say, will be opposed by Xiwang, and even her family will be involved to persuade her.

Father Cen: "So I said you can't feel bad."

He has already given the method. If Cen Zhengshi can't make a decision, Father Cen will help him. The children of the Cen family can be incompetent, but they can't be bad from the root.

The next day, Cen Zhengshi made the decision to send Cen Huai Ze and Cen Huai Xin to the new recruit camp. There is no time for three months of training now, but one month during the winter vacation is also possible.

Not only the two of them, Cen Huaian will also go.

Cen Zhengnian and Cen Zhengshi often trained with the army when they were young, and the grandchildren can't be far behind.

So Cen's father asked Cen Huaian directly if he was willing to train with the soldiers?

Chuxia felt that it was too hard, and she hoped that Cen Huaian could take it easy during the New Year. However, Cen Huaian agreed himself. He wanted to feel the demeanor of the soldiers like his father did when he was a child.

As soon as Cen Huaian decided to go, Hu Pandeng and several other children also made a fuss at home to go.

This is a good thing. Their parents are so happy. They finally see them doing something positive together. How could they disagree? They are afraid that the children will regret it, so they pack up and send them in quickly.

Once the training begins, you cannot leave until it is finished, and adults cannot go in to visit.

Because it is the Spring Festival in the middle, parents can send dumplings on this day, but they cannot watch. Otherwise, if they feel sorry for the children, all the previous training will be in vain.

This is the rule of Mr. Cen, in case Cen Zhengshi and Xiwang pick up the children halfway.

Cen Huai Ze and Cen Huai Xin were very reluctant to be sent away, but their arms were no match for their thighs, so Cen Zhengshi grabbed one each and pushed them into the car.

Xiwang had an argument with Cen Zhengshi that day: "We came back to celebrate the New Year, not for you to train the kids! Where did you send Xiaoze and Xinxin? Go get them for me!"

Cen Zhengshi rubbed his brows: "I can't get them, I don't know where they are."

"I'll go find your dad." Xiwang stood up and was about to go over, but was stopped by Cen Zhengshi: "You've been pampering them all the time, do you really want Xiaohe and Xinxin to become like Cheng Kai in the family courtyard?"

Cheng Kai is a familiar child in the courtyard. He is a few years older than Cen Huai Ze and hangs around all day.

He fights, bullies others, smokes and drinks. His parents are mad at him every day in the courtyard, and they have to clean up his mess all day.

Xiwang also thought of Cheng Kai. He had been to the police station several times. Would Cen Huai Ze become like him? She just couldn't believe it.

"Xiao Ze and Xin Xin are not like that."

But her tone was very weak when she spoke.

"Whether it's true or not, An An, Pan Deng and other children have gone there, and no one said they would take them back. If you don't mind it, just take them back."

Xiwang completely stopped after hearing this. She didn't mind it, but she was afraid that if she took Cen Huai Ze and Cen Huai Xin back, other children would laugh at them.

Chuxia was not worried about Cen Huaian's training. He ran and practiced martial arts every day at home, and he could withstand the intensity of training in the army.

She was only worried that An An would not eat well or live well there.

And without Cen Huaian at home, Chuxia felt that life was even more difficult. She locked herself in the study day after day to read medical books and study the prescriptions left for her by her grandfather. Except for eating, she rarely contacted Xiwang and Cen Zhengshi.

Xiwang, on the other hand, often went out and gradually got along well with the neighbors in the surrounding family courtyards.

Cen Huaian and his men were not in the Ganzhou Army Headquarters at this time, but in a place not far from Ganzhou that was specially for soldiers to train.

The training was harder and more tiring than that of the soldiers in the Ganzhou Army where Chuxia and her men lived.

Cen Huai Ze and Cen Huai Xin had just arrived at the training ground and had not yet discovered how hard it was. They looked around curiously as if they were in their father's army and wanted to go for a walk.

Cen Huai Ze asked the coach naively and boldly, "When can I touch the wooden barn?"

He came here just to play with the wooden barn, otherwise he would not come.

As soon as he finished speaking, he was punished: "If you talk in the team, you have to shout a report and run five laps around the playground!"

"Five laps? I won't go. Why should I listen to you? I'm not your soldier."

Cen Huaian looked away, not wanting to see Cen Huai Ze's stupid look of not understanding the situation.

The coach soon let Cen Huai Ze know the consequences of his words.

There are many ways to punish people in the army. After all, every year the new recruit camp recruits so many people from all over the country. If there is no way to control them, then forget about this army.

The coach first punished them by making them stand, and if they didn't listen, they were locked up in a small dark room and starved.

Cen Huaixin spoke for Cen Huai Ze and was also locked up.

I don't know what the two of them went through in the small dark room, but when they came out, they had fear on their faces, and they followed the coach's orders and training obediently, and never dared to say no again

. Although Cen Huai Ze and Cen Huaixin's movements were very non-standard and they were often trained by the coach, they never dared to talk back once.

Cen Huaian became curious about the small dark room, and Hu Pandeng and others were also curious.

"An An, how scary do you think that small dark room is? Cen Huaize and Cen Huaixin have changed so much, right?"

Cen Huaian was washing his hands. He lowered his head and applied soap and said, "If you want to know, just make a mistake on purpose and go in to see."

Cen Huaian actually thought about it, but he didn't want to make a mistake on purpose. Grandpa was watching the training process, and he wanted to show his best side.

Hu Pandeng shook his head without thinking, "Forget it. What if I get beaten up when I go in? If my mother finds out, she will beat me up again."

Cen Huaian wiped the water off his hands, "Then train well."

Cen Huaian said that there was still a gap in the intensity of their training compared to the training of new recruits. For a few kids who have just started, too much intensity is not a good thing for them. Training also needs to be gradual.

At this time, the difference between those who have practiced martial arts and those who have not has become apparent. The weaker Cen Huaian and Cen Huaixin are, the better Cen Huaian is. His movements are more standard than those of some veterans.

The more the coach sees him, the more he likes him. Isn't he a good candidate for the army? He pays more attention to Cen Huaian's training. As a result, Hu Pandeng and the others kept wailing when they returned to the dormitory: "Did the coach get mad today? Why is the training so harsh?"

Cen Huaian didn't know it was him who caused it, but he also felt that the training was too much.

His own body could bear it, but Hu Pandeng and the others had never learned martial arts. They usually just ran with adults. They couldn't stand the heavier training.

Cen Huaian said, "I'll go find the coach."

His martial arts teacher had said that they were still growing and too much training would have an impact on their physical development.

The coach was a little surprised to see Cen Huaian coming over, but he didn't show it on his face. His expression was still serious, and because of his dark face, he looked even more dignified.

"Cen Huaian, what do you want to talk to me about?"

Cen Huaian talked about the intensity of today's training: "Coach, according to the previous intensity, our bodies can just bear it. Now with this intensity, everyone will feel tired."

The coach put down the pen in his hand: "Do you feel tired?"

Cen Huaian: "No."

"If you can bear it, why can't they bear it?"

Cen Huaian: "I have learned martial arts since I was a child."

A light flashed quickly in the coach's eyes: "I can reduce the intensity, but do you know that as a new recruit, you will pay a price for questioning your superiors?"