My military function points

Chapter 6: Exponential growth is gratifying, and hard work pays off.

Over the next week, Chen Rong's life became busy and fulfilling.

After getting up in the morning, I first did physical exercises, and then hit the sandbag under the guidance of Ma Shouliang to practice strength. During the day, I cleaned every corner of the base, and after dinner, I continued to squat and roll bricks.

Ma Shouliang now likes Chen Rong more and more.

Although it is just the beginning of summer, the daytime temperature is already close to 30 degrees. Every day when Chen Rong comes back from cleaning, there are some white sweat stains on his uniform. These are the marks left after the clothes are soaked by sweat and then dried several times.

But Chen Rong never complained or felt tired, and always looked very positive.

The same goes for the extra training every night. The bricks under the short stick have become two, and the time has become 20 minutes per set. Chen Rong always grits his teeth and perseveres without saying a word.

All these things made Ma Shouliang look at this new recruit, who was not even 18 years old, with a new respect, and he put more thought into guiding him in fighting.

"Chen Rong, it's the weekend today, you can go out for a walk." After breakfast, Ma Shouliang said to Chen Rong.

"Outside?" Chen Rong was stunned for a moment, and asked: "Squad leader, our base is inside the mountains, is there anything good outside?"

"There's an orchard nearby. You can go take a look and buy some peaches. They're quite sweet at this time of year." Ma Shouliang pointed to the tricycle outside the door and said, "Just ride my tricycle and buy more. Share some with the dog team."

"Your allowance hasn't been paid yet, so take this money and spend it first." Ma Shouliang handed over another 200 yuan.

"Squad leader, I was thinking of repainting the slogan on the base wall this morning. How about I go out in the afternoon?"

"Anything works!"

Chen Rong went out with a paint bucket and a brush, heading straight for the base's wall. He had already cleaned the entire base inside and out, and now only the wall remained unpainted.

Chen Rong was in a happy mood at this moment, for the simple reason that the index growth on the panel was gratifying.

【Physical fitness: Index 15】

[Skill - Housekeeping: Index 47]

[Skill-Fighting: Index 17]

[Skill-Shooting: Index 11]

This is Chen Rong's achievement over the past week. His housekeeping index has soared to 47! And under Ma Shouliang's guidance, his fighting index has also improved significantly.

There will be visible rewards for your efforts. How could Chen Rong not be enthusiastic about such a good thing?
Humming a little tune all the way, Chen Rong arrived at the gate of the base. He planned to start painting from the walls on both sides of the gate.

Chen Rong put down the paint bucket and rolled up his sleeves first. After confirming that the sleeves on both sides were rolled up to the same height, he took out gloves from his pocket and put them on, ready to work.

As the index of housekeeping became higher and higher, Chen Rong found that he was gradually developing mild mysophobia and obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Just like now, the old slogan on the wall had only some paint peeling off, and it should have been fixed with a repair, but Chen Rong couldn't stand it. He had to scrape it all off and repaint it. Therefore, it took Chen Rong more than half an hour to finish a section of the wall at the gate.

Chen Rong was so absorbed in his work that he didn't even notice that a few officers had appeared behind him, watching him with interest.

"Cough cough!"

Someone coughed, and Chen Rong then noticed the three captains behind him. He quickly took off his gloves and saluted.

"Hello, Chief!"

"Good!" The officers smiled and saluted back, asking, "Private comrade, what is your name?"

"Reporting to the commander, my name is Chen Rong, and I'm a new recruit assigned to the base's logistics squad!"

"So you are Lao Ma's soldier!" The officer in the front suddenly realized, then said with a smile: "It's such a pleasure to watch you work! It's the weekend today, why didn't Lao Ma let you rest?"

"Reporting to the commander, the squad leader arranged for me to rest. I volunteered to come and paint the wall because the wall was the only thing left to paint in the base, and I wanted to finish it as soon as possible!" Chen Rong was afraid that the commanders would misunderstand Ma Shouliang, so he quickly explained. "Oh? Only the wall is left?" The officers were surprised: "Do you mean you cleaned the entire base?"

"Yes!"

"Then we have to come in and take a look! Comrade Chen Rong, come on, take us inside for a look!"

"Yes!"

More than 20 minutes later, a military vehicle stopped at the gate. Chen Rong got out of the vehicle and saluted the officer in the vehicle: "Slow down, Commander!"

drop!
The officers smiled and waved, the driver honked the horn, and the military vehicle drove out of the base gate.

At noon, Chen Rong, who had finished painting all the walls, came back from the dog team after getting his meal and told Ma Shouliang about his encounter with several officers.

"Oh, it's a few staff officers from the division who came to inspect the work of the dog team. Don't worry about them." Ma Shouliang didn't care and continued to ask, "Is the wall finished?"

Chen Rong nodded: "Yes!"

"Then go out for a walk this afternoon. Remember not to run too far, as it's easy to get lost."

"Sergeant, aren't you going out?" Chen Rong asked.

"I've been here for several years, and I'm tired of walking around here. Go by yourself!"

Outside the base gate is a winding cement road that can accommodate two military trucks side by side.

Chen Rong was riding a tricycle on this cement road. After being in the army for half a year, this was his first time leaving the base. He was very excited, but he was still a little curious about everything outside.

There were dense trees on both sides of the road, which blocked the scorching sun and the wind. Even though Chen Rong was wearing a cool physical training suit, he was sweating after riding on the mountain road.

According to Ma Shouliang's instructions, Chen Rong soon found a fork in the road two kilometers away. Not long after turning in, he saw an orchard with lush and green fruit trees of all kinds.

Chen Rong parked the car in front of a wooden house next to the orchard, and a big black dog tied to a tree barked twice.

An old man came out of the wooden house and looked at Chen Rong in surprise: "Isn't this the car of Squad Leader Ma at the military base?"

"Uncle, I'm here to buy peaches. My squad leader said that your peaches are sweet!" Chen Rong said with a smile.

"Haha, that's it!" The old man also laughed and shouted into the house: "Girl, someone is here to buy peaches!"

"Here she comes!" As soon as the words fell, a woman who looked to be in her twenties or thirties wearing a straw hat came out, followed by a few puppies.

"From the army?" The woman glanced at Chen Rong and raised her voice a little: "Little soldier, let me ask you, where is Ma Shouliang? Why didn't he come?"

Oh my god, this woman seems to be very familiar with the squad leader.

Hearing the woman's questioning tone, Chen Rong's mind raced. He began to understand why the squad leader didn't come with him.

"The squad leader is out on a business trip and can't come!" Chen Rong replied somewhat guiltily.

The woman bit her lip, said nothing, turned around, took the woven bag and went into the garden to pick peaches. The old man also followed and helped with a smile.

Chen Rong was a little confused about the situation and was standing there in a daze when he suddenly felt something scratching his shoes. He looked down and saw a black puppy scratching his shoes with its two front paws and looking up at him.

Yeah!

Seeing Chen Rong looking down, the puppy barked happily twice.

(End of this chapter)