A generation of soldiers begins with Feng Yuxiu traveling through time and space with Xu Sanduo

Chapter 241 The Village's Number One Rascal: Xu Erhe
Shi Jin went back halfway through the exercise, and after the exercise ended, he was responsible for compiling all the data from the exercise.

In Gao Cheng's words, talented people are always very tired.

This former sergeant has now become an officer, and Shi Jin has completely integrated into the military family.

On the morning of the second day, Gao Cheng's reconnaissance battalion began packing their equipment and setting off.

Cheng Cai got up early in the morning, and the smile on his lips showed that he was satisfied with his talks with Feng Yuxiu last night.

"Sanduo, how's Liuyi doing in the Old A team? Is his leg alright?"

After being abandoned time and time again, Cheng Cai finally decided to rekindle the camaraderie among his comrades.

Feng Yuxiu stared intently into Cheng Cai's eyes, and after realizing that this was not another act of pretense and hypocrisy, he said, "Not bad, I estimate you can become an officer next year."

Upon hearing the word "officer," Cheng Cai's eyes flashed with a strange light.

officer.

It is said that a first-class sergeant major is very rare, but a second lieutenant is always the superior officer.

Even if you become a first-class sergeant major, you're still just a soldier.

Being a top soldier and being a military officer are two different concepts.

The relationship between the commander and the soldiers.

If Wu Liuyi were to become an officer, Cheng Cai would have to stand ramrod straight and salute.

Feng Yuxiu glanced at the guy indifferently, then turned to leave.

I originally planned to go to Guangzhou to meet that old man, but as soon as I left Old A's gate and boarded the train, something felt off.

From the moment I came out of the gate until now, everything has been arranged for me.

His next path will either be to continue being educated or to return to Old A.

However, Feng Yuxiu had already thought this through on his own.

Therefore, he plans to go back to Old A.

Yuan Lang also said that if he decides to come back, he will do something big with Feng Yuxiu.

He was very interested in this important matter.

"Chengcai, you'll stay in the Grassland Class 5 for now. Once you change your mindset, you'll have a bright future. As for wanting to join Old A, normally, those who are eliminated won't get a second chance, but... I can give you a recommendation opportunity."

Gao Cheng's words made Cheng Cai's eyes light up, "Company Commander..."

"No, this is something you earned through your own abilities. If you were the kind of lazy soldier, even if I recommended you, you wouldn't have been selected by the army group." Gao Cheng couldn't stand seeing others being overly sentimental.

"As for Xu Sanduo... I won't say anything. You've already become a true king of soldiers. How you walk your path from now on is up to you to explore."

Gao Cheng essentially gave those two promising soldiers from the Steel Seventh Company a final push.

This company commander always takes good care of his soldiers.

"Xu Sanduo, I'm heading back to camp anyway, I'll give you a ride."

Feng Yuxiu nodded and got into the car with Gao Cheng.

Just as the vehicle engine roared to life, a soldier rushed out from the Fifth Platoon of the Grassland.

"Wait a minute, it's Xu Sanduo's phone!"

Gao Cheng laughed, "Looks like your captain is afraid you'll run away, calling me after only a few days."

As he spoke, Gao Cheng got out of the car to answer the phone.

Cheng Cai looked at Feng Yuxiu with envy, "San Duo, everyone who can get into the Old A is a top soldier, someone the captain talks about. You're the captain's favorite now, don't forget about me."

But soon, Gao Cheng walked out with an extremely ugly expression.

He stood on the road that Old Ma had built, neither moving forward nor backward.

He just stood there, his face pale and bloodless.

Even Cheng Cai noticed something was wrong.

"what happened?"

Cheng Cai blinked, stepped forward, stood in front of Gao Cheng, and asked him something carefully.

A few seconds later, Cheng Cai's face turned extremely ugly, and he subconsciously turned around to look at Feng Yuxiu.

Feng Yuxiu narrowed his eyes.

After standing there for almost ten minutes, Gao Cheng finally took a deep breath and walked over, urged on by Gan Xiaoning and Ma Xiaoshuai.

"Sanduo, things in this world are unpredictable, and some things often happen unexpectedly."

"Bai Tiejun may look unremarkable, but he's now a top-ranking field medic in the army group, and even the division commander has heard of him."

"Company Commander, just get to the point. What's the matter? Is it the Old A unit? Or is it the disciplinary action I took for crossing the line last time?"

Feng Yuxiu had already made preparations. He trespassed outside the boundary and evaporated a mercenary with a single shot.

This matter could be a big deal or a small deal; it all depends on how the higher-ups decide.

Gao Cheng was silent for a moment, then looked up and said, "Xu Sanduo, something happened to your father. The call was from Old A, that's right. Wu Liuyi went home to visit his family and found out that something happened at your house."

Feng Yuxiu suddenly remembered Xu Baishun, his nominal father.

In fact, when Yuan Lang gave him a month's leave, the idea of ​​going to Banyan Tree Village didn't even cross his mind.

He always had such an awkward relationship with Xu Baishun's family.

However, Xu Baishun's family, including Xu Erhe, is actually quite good to him.

They have the care and love of their family.

Feng Yuxiu asked calmly, "What happened to my family?"

Gao Cheng spoke up, "Your father is in prison, and Yuan Lang asked if you want to go back and visit him."

Feng Yuxiu looked at Gao Cheng and asked, "What happened? Did you get beaten up again?"

Gao Cheng shook his head. "I don't know. Anyway, he's locked up now. I don't know anything else. Go back and check. Xu Sanduo, it's the same thing again. Don't act impulsively. You're a soldier now."

Feng Yuxiu grinned, "Okay."

But that smile chilled Gao Cheng to the bone.

The kid's expression clearly indicated that he was in no way going back to handle things properly.

He always had to find a reason for his arrest, even if Xu Baishun was imprisoned without any justification.

A surge of anger suddenly welled up inside Gao Cheng.

Such a good soldier, who finally changed his mind, is now facing such a choice.

Cheng Cai quickly said, "San Duo, don't worry. Let me call my dad and ask him to put in some effort in the village to help your family."

Feng Yuxiu didn't say anything.

But it was precisely this appearance that weighed heavily on everyone's hearts.

This soldier finally managed to become a soldier, and now he has to face these realities.

Cheng Cai sighed bitterly, "My dad is at least the village chief, maybe he knows some people...maybe, maybe..."

"Don't think about it, Sanduo. Old Xu is just talkative. What big deal could he possibly be?"

Gao Cheng specifically asked Ma Xiaoshuai and Gan Xiaoning to drive, saying, "Xu Sanduo, let's go."

The car drove very fast on the grassland. In such a desolate place, you could drive with your eyes closed and not encounter anyone.

Gan Xiaoning wanted to say something, but ultimately remained silent.

When it comes to family matters, it's hardest to offer advice from a God's-eye viewpoint.

Strangers simply cannot empathize.

The train ticket had already been arranged; this long-distance journey involved a sleeper berth.

Perhaps these comrades wanted Feng Yuxiu to return home safely.

The train journey proceeded without incident, and Feng Yuxiu lay on his bed asleep with a blank expression.

We arrived at our destination the next day.

After getting off the train, I was stunned to see the station, which had changed dramatically from what it had been a few years ago.

In just a few short years, it has been transformed from an old-fashioned building into a distinctive feature of the new era.

Stepping out of the station, when I first enlisted in the army, this was a bustling, noisy street.

Now it has been transformed into towering buildings and plazas.

This era has begun to advance rapidly without us even realizing it.

The surrounding music stores were playing the song: "I love you, like a mouse loves rice."

Feng Yuxiu stood there for a long time before turning around and getting on the bus.

The city is three hours away from his home.

The road ahead was still shrouded in dust, under a bright blue sky and scorching sun.

In 99, the countryside was still filled with the layout of the post-revolutionary era.

The most common sights were farmers carrying hoes and chimneys with wisps of smoke rising from their chimneys.

Big yellow dogs and barefoot children in open-crotch pants are the standard of this era.

Last time, Gan Xiaoning and Ma Xiaoshuai returned the plaque recognizing Feng Yuxiu as a first-class meritorious official.

Therefore, the county leaders specially built a cement road from the foot of the mountain to Xia Rongshu and Shang Rongshu villages. This road is wider than the main road in the county town, and Feng Yuxiu also avoided the time spent walking up the mountain.

It wasn't the busy farming season, and the rice paddies were quiet and deserted, exuding greenery. But even in this small village where the sounds of chickens and dogs could be heard, there had been some changes. The first shop at the entrance of the village was a small store called "Support the Army and Convenience the People Mall." This nonsensical name made Feng Yuxiu take a second look before walking over.

People's aesthetic sense in this era is so down-to-earth.

The shop owner, who had been nowhere to be seen just moments before, suddenly burst out from inside the door and grabbed Feng Yuxiu's hand in surprise.

"Is that Xu Sanduo? Of course it is Xu Sanduo. I was just about to peek at you from behind the door for a while. Seeing how upright you were, I thought it was my Chengcai coming back."

The village chief, acting like a thief, pulled Feng Yuxiu inside and then turned to close the gate.

"Oh, kid, you've come back at the wrong time. By the way, how's Chengcai doing?" the village chief asked hurriedly.

Feng Yuxiu nodded. "Very good."

The village chief immediately became angry. "This son of mine, he always says he'll come back when he's accomplished something, and then he'll come back when he's accomplished something else. So what if you become a god? You'll still be my son! What good will it do you to become a god if you forget your father and come back?"

“If I don’t come now, I might die in an accident sometime. By then, he’ll be rich and powerful, but his father will be gone. What’s the point of striving for those things then?”

"How long can his return trip take up his time?"

Feng Yuxiu listened to Cheng Cai's father's complaints.

The village chief sighed and looked at Feng Yuxiu. "Kid, the day before yesterday, Cheng Cai from Xiarongshu Village came by and said he wanted to call the army. I said, 'It's already turned out like this, what's the use of calling that kid back?'"

“He said that if I didn’t tell you, something terrible would happen, and that would be really serious.”

Feng Yuxiu stared at the village chief, "What... happened to my family?"

The village chief sighed, "Ever since your plaque was hung at the door, your father has been so proud of himself. He talks all the time about making a lot of money, giving his three sons a good life, and letting you live in a high-rise building and find a good wife when you come back from your military service."

"So they got carried away."

Suddenly someone knocked on the glass display case, shouting, "Buy cigarettes!"

The village chief paused for a moment, then said, "You wait here."

Feng Yuxiu raised an eyebrow; the voice sounded somewhat familiar.

"You want that one?" the village chief asked, head bowed.

"Give me a box of Baishi Wanbao," someone outside called impatiently.

The village chief, head bowed, picked up a pack of cigarettes. "I'm not talking about you, but what do we country folk do with cigarettes? I specially brought in these two packs to make a good impression. Each pack costs over a hundred yuan, and you're still wasting money like this. Your father's in jail... and you don't even think to save some money."

Xu Erhe sneered, "My dad's in jail, so what if he doesn't need a pack of cigarettes?"

The curtain was lifted, and the village chief's face changed drastically, but it was too late.

Xu Erhe and Feng Yuxiu looked at each other.

"San Daizi! How...how did you get here? I really didn't recognize you."

Feng Yuxiu calmly said, "I said something happened at home, so I came back to check on things."

Xu Erhe paused for a moment, threw down a handful of money, and turned to leave.

Seeing this, Feng Yuxiu followed.

The village chief absentmindedly put away the money, sighed, and said, "What a tragedy."

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Xu Erhe stood on the hillside outside, lit a cigarette, and smoked it with a gloomy expression.

"Your comrade called you, didn't he? I told him not to, but he insisted that you know. He's been coming every day for the past few days. What could possibly be wrong with him?"

Xu Erhe sighed, "You look capable now, not as frail as before. These past few years, the three of us have been enjoying ourselves at home. I've already spent three or four hundred thousand yuan, and Dad is always looking for a second spring. Actually, sending you to the army is just sending you to suffer."

Feng Yuxiu asked, "What exactly happened at home?"

Two- or three-story buildings have sprung up every few houses in the village, making it look less like a village and more like a small town.

Xu Erhe's arrogance made the villagers curious but they didn't talk to him, just watched from a distance.

"Can I tell you this? It's all my fault. I wanted Dad to make some money, so I introduced him to a partner to buy local mountain products from our hometown. But that bastard was unreliable. He signed a contract with Dad, took a lump sum of start-up capital, and disappeared. If I ever see him again, I'll skin him alive."

Feng Yuxiu frowned. "This is at most a business partnership, how did it end up in jail?"

Xu Erhe sneered, "Dad's confused. When I looked at the contract, I didn't know how he made himself a responsible party. That's how people who have never made money are. As soon as they see an opportunity to make some money, they don't care about anything else and end up getting themselves into trouble."

"Tell me, he's from the countryside and can't even read a few words. We can just make a living by mining and that's enough to make us rich. Why does he have to become a tycoon? Calling someone a tycoon is too unsophisticated."

Feng Yuxiu spoke up, "It's an economic dispute, just pay back the money, right? You've spent three or four hundred thousand yuan on your own these past few years, how much do you owe?"

Xu Erhe waved his hand, "120,000 yuan. Either pay it back, or spend a year in prison. Two choices."

"You're out of money?" Feng Yuxiu could tell from Xu Erhe's appearance that he had squandered his money. That's how it is with poor people; they don't even know where their money comes from, and it just disappears so suddenly.

Xu Erhe shook his head. "Where do you get cash for business? Besides, I don't think this is that simple. After that boss ran away, a group of people came from who-knows-where, saying that Dad owed them money. They've been harassing us at the door for the past few days."

Xu Erhe threw away his cigarette butt and looked at the distant mountains. "I wanted to stay inside and take Dad's place, but Dad wouldn't let me. He said you can still find a way out here, and you can earn more money than me."

Erhe smiled bitterly: "Even if Dad asks the court, they won't let me. I want to borrow money, but it's not hard for people to do business with a few million, but they'd be heartbroken to lend me ten thousand. Now I'm asking around every day to find out the address of that bastard who cheated our dad. When I find him, I'll take a knife and go over there. He'll hurt our dad, and I'll play along with him."

Feng Yuxiu narrowed his eyes. "What's the boss's name? Do you have his address?"

"Yes, there is, but it's too far away. I don't have time to go. This kind of deadbeat definitely won't go back. I don't think finding his home would be of any use."

"It's a blessing in disguise."

"Who told you that suffering a loss is a blessing? Only useless, incompetent people would keep saying that suffering a loss is a blessing."

Feng Yuxiu said with a cold laugh.

Xu Erhe was stunned for a moment, looking Feng Yuxiu up and down. "This doesn't seem like what you said. Sure enough, after going out for a while, you've changed. You're not the same coward you used to be."

"Let's go, go back first."

Dusk was falling heavily over the house.

Xu Yile looked much older than he had been, perhaps because he had watched too many pornographic DVDs in recent years.

That appearance naturally embodies the dullness and bewilderment of a villager.

"Sanduo, you're back!" Xu Yile looked at Feng Yuxiu with surprise and smiled.

"Hmm." Feng Yuxiu nodded. He wondered if it was because Xu Baishun's wife had taken too much cold medicine when she was pregnant, but Xu Yile, who was over thirty, still looked so dull.

Even with Xu Baishun's wealthy family background in recent years, Xu Yile has not developed a refined demeanor.

It often makes people wonder if Xu Yile was thrown into a medical waste bin back then, and his placenta grew up.

Otherwise, how could someone be so capable of such behavior?

Despite the major incident at home, Xu Yile's eyes remained fixed on the cigarettes on the table. "I'm going out for a walk," he said.

Xu Erhe saw that the cigarettes he had just bought had been stolen, but he didn't get angry.

Xu Erhe glared at him: "Aren't we just discussing this with Third Brother? Why are you leaving?"

"You guys figure it out. I can't do anything about this." Xu Yile really meant what he said. He walked towards the door, and seeing that Erhe had finally stopped, he squatted down by the door and smoked.

Xu Erhe was furious: "Look at the state you're in! Of the three brothers, you were the only one at home keeping Dad company, and you practically kept him there until he ended up in jail! And you just say you had no choice and that's it!"

Xu Yile remained calm and composed, only saying, "I'm helpless."

You have money, you have connections, you have options.

Even if the three of us each chipped in 40,000, I still wouldn't have that kind of money...

Xu Erhe jumped up in anger, looking like he was about to chase after him and beat him up. "You have the nerve to ask your third brother for 40,000 yuan after he served in the army for four years? If you were building a house or getting married, would you dare say you didn't have 40,000 yuan?"

"If each of the three brothers pays 40,000 yuan, wouldn't Dad be released? That's why your wife divorced you."

Xu Yile retorted defiantly, "I have no money. Why don't you beat me up?"

Xu Erhe grabbed a wooden stick and rushed forward, clearly intending to swing it around and smash it down.

Feng Yuxiu reacted quickly and grabbed Xu Erhe.

"That's fine, what's the point of fighting?" Feng Yuxiu pressed Xu Erhe down. "Boss, why don't you go out for a walk first?"

Xu Yile shrugged, took a cigarette, and walked out.

Xu Er was furious. Pointing at Xu Yile's back, he said, "Look at him! He doesn't look like a big brother at all. He's just a walking placenta! Is he even human?!"

Feng Yuxiu released Xu Erhe and sat down on a stool in the courtyard.

Night fell, and Xu Erhe sat at the table and chairs in the courtyard, staring at the gate in the distance. "Damn it, Dad's mess, and the eldest son's mess, all for that stinking money."

The home that was originally occupied by the elderly living alone has now been renovated to look very luxurious, with an east wing and a second floor on the west side.

Xu Erhe said, "See? Three big houses, the three of us shared one room, all the furniture was neatly arranged, but the people are all gone. All the money was spent, not a single penny was left."

“These past few days, those debt collectors have been coming over every day. I've only told them one thing: no money, and they're in jail. Today I've made up my mind. I'll stand at the door with that kitchen knife and wait for them. If they still plan to come and smash up our house, I'll fight them to the death!”

Feng Yuxiu calmly asked, "Did these people hit you?"

Xu Erhe was stunned for a moment, then suddenly laughed and said, "Don't you know your second brother? How could I be the one to suffer a loss?"

boom!
The door was kicked open.

"Xu Erhe, you fucking have to pay me back tonight! Didn't we beat you into submission yesterday? You promised to pay me back! Otherwise, we'll smash your house to pieces!"

Seven or eight burly men with fierce faces stood outside the door, some carrying wooden sticks and others carrying paint.

Xu Erhe's expression changed drastically.

Feng Yuxiu slowly raised his head and squinted his eyes.

(End of this chapter)