The First Book: Reborn from the Fire Chapter 9: Why Become a Soldier

  "I've finished, but I'm feeling a bit uncomfortable in my stomach and want to go to the toilet!"

  It's really strange, you won't believe it, what 'Qiao Yan Wang' said is actually not that exaggerated. After more than a month of hard work, although I still feel sore all over every day, but now I can do 100 push-ups in one breath, and 200 sit-ups are absolutely no problem.

  And I also slowly found out that push-ups are nothing, after all, they are meant to truly test the strength of your arm muscles.

  But what about sit-ups? In my opinion, it's actually a test of one's willpower.

  After a period of training, our little belly also started to have abdominal muscles. Although it's not possible to do 200 or 300 at once, as long as you persist and force yourself to continue, doing another 100 or 200 is absolutely no problem.

  So now under the deliberate 'care' of 'Qiao Yan Wang', we have increased our push-ups to two hundred every night before resting, and our sit-ups have been increased to five hundred.

  "Oh? So soon?"

  "After training us 'trash' for so long, 'Joan Wang' slowly got to know our strength. As for me finishing 100 push-ups so quickly, he didn't show too much surprise, just glanced at me and said: "You little guy, go quickly and come back quickly, don't fall in!"

  "Yes!"

  I stood up straight and walked out of the door with a military bearing, actually I knew he would agree, but still played along to give him face.

  It is said that human wisdom is infinite, even if the enemy is strong, we can still find a weak point.

  After being in the new army for nearly a month, we have also slowly figured out some ways to get by. These methods may look very shabby, but their practicality is beyond doubt.

  In the training of new recruits, you absolutely cannot say that you don't want to train, and you absolutely cannot say that you want to rest. Of course, you also can't indulge in wild fantasies thinking that seeing how exhausted you are, 'Sergeant' will make an exception for you once, letting you slack off a bit - this kind of thing is absolutely like a blind person lighting a lamp, a waste of wax.

  So what should you do? In fact, it's very simple. After Peng Jue, a young and ambitious man, worked hard to study the theory and repeatedly put it into practice, he finally came up with the following conclusion.

  When you make a reasonable request for physiological reasons, 'Qiao Yan Wang' absolutely has no way to refuse you.

  For example, if I want to go to the toilet, this reason is always unconvincing. Even if you come up with it at a critical moment, 'Jiao Yan Wang' can only frown and reluctantly nod to let you go.

  Secondly, when you make a reasonable request with irresistible physical reasons, 'Qiao Yan Wang' still has no way to refuse your request.

  For example, coughing, that's when I'm sick, whether I've caught a cold or twisted my leg during training, as long as you tell him it's like that and you pretend well enough (after all, even if the doctor comes, he can't judge whether someone has a cold or some muscle strain), then you can definitely enjoy the pleasure of resting alone.

  So based on these two points, for me, I will also adopt some very extreme measures to make myself occasionally go to the toilet more often.

  As for Xiao Gui Tou Peng Jiu, I've used the second method twice already. Although I'm not envious at all in my heart, my mental endurance is really limited, and I don't dare to be polluted by him.

  Alas! I was careless in making friends. Actually, this time he also asked me to find an excuse to go to the toilet, and he had already been waiting for me there. I don't know what new trick this kid has come up with again.

  "Older brother Hai, come have a cigarette!"

  Peng Zuo looked at me with a smile, then handed over a pack of Chinese cigarettes. I was speechless. This kid's family had nothing but money, and in just one short month, the mail from his home was endless! I heard that they sent five packages of local specialties and six packs of Chinese cigarettes. But this kid didn't waste anything, and now he has good relationships with both old and new comrades. Alas, it's all because of money!

  "Platoon leader says new recruits can't smoke for three months? It will affect lung capacity and is detrimental to training! We can't smoke too much!"

  My eyes lit up, and I felt like I was absorbing the clouds and mist, a feeling that I hadn't experienced in a long time. Although my mouth said something elegant, if I were to say that this smoke had no temptation for me, that would be absolutely false.

  "Cut it out! If you believe 'Qiao Yan Wang', then pigs can climb trees too!"

  Damn! I didn't expect there to be an accomplice inside already. It turns out that Xie Jian was also in on it, and seeing him blow a mouthful of fragrant smoke my way, I couldn't help but be moved.

  "Besides, I don't smoke much, just one or two a day, it doesn't have a big impact!"

  Peng Zhuo is quite good at adding bricks and tiles for you at critical moments, it seems that not getting on the pirate ship is not an option.

  "What's going on, having a hometown gathering here?"

  I finally lit a cigarette, and the long-forgotten feeling floated up to my mind. This feeling is just great! I glanced at them with a smile and asked.

  "Hehe, didn't organize any hometown association, just trained all day, people are almost trained stupid, so find an excuse, everyone gets together to chat!"

  It's hard to tell that Peng Zhen is still young, but his smoking age seems not small. My family has a lot of money, my parents are busy with work and business, and there's nothing left at home except for money, so they don't bother to take care of him, nor can they, so they sent him to the army.

  "Just as Peng Ze was about to take over his father's job at the Public Security Bureau after three years?"

  Xie Jian's personality was open and generous, with a smile always on his face. He said: "As for me, I'll stay here for three years and then return to my father's tax bureau. What about you? Where do you plan to go in the future?"

  Damn it! Good guys, one is a public security bureau, and the other is a tax bureau. Are the procuratorate, courts, and law enforcement your family businesses? You are truly the dregs of society... but...

  I looked at them awkwardly and said: "My dad wants me to go to his unit after I finish my military service, it's a XXXX unit in XX city!"

  Although his father's unit is not as profitable as the public security and law enforcement agencies, it can still provide a stable income after serving in the army, which can support a middle-class family's social security for the rest of my life.

  "XXXX unit? Your father's unit is not bad either! At least it's a stable job, haha, everyone comes for this purpose!"

  Xie Jian is an old haha, nothing to say with a smile, even during training when others are tense, he always has a smile on his face, as if there's a pie in the sky waiting for him to pick it up. His comrades gave him the nickname "Haba Dog", and he didn't even get angry. At this time, after laughing, he let out a rare sigh and said:

  "Alas, it's been a tough three years! ***. I don't want to stay here for another day, my body is almost falling apart!"