Chapter Twenty-Four: Fu Wen's Ideal

  The next day, early in the morning, when the sky was just brightening up. Fu Xin carried wine and meat, following behind Fu Wen, heading towards the old man's house without a name. At this time, there were no signs of crying on Fu Xin's face anymore.

  "Brother, is it really that bitter to be a soldier?" This was a question that Fu Wen had been wanting to ask. His academic performance was the worst among his siblings at home, and he himself had begun to doubt whether he could get into middle school. If he couldn't study well, then he would join the army - this idea had already occurred to him.

  At that time, there was no nine-year compulsory education. To attend junior high school, you had to rely on your own abilities and grades. If your grades were good, you could naturally go up, but if they were poor, you would be eliminated.

  "Hmm... how to put it? It depends on what kind of soldier you become. Hehe, if you're a logistics soldier, it's not too hard, and you'll even get to eat well, and when you come out, you can be a great chef; if you're a medical soldier, it's not too tiring either, and even after you retire, the knowledge you learn in the army will be enough for you to be a barefoot doctor in our village."

  It's hard to say, but Fu Xin knew that in this village, there would be a doctor who retired from the army and became a barefoot doctor. The doctor relied on his excellent medical skills learned in the army to treat burns and later became the director of the county hospital. It's really unpredictable how things turn out.

  Logistics soldier, Fu Wen, who thought he had a good skill set, was not willing to do it. As for the medical soldier, he thought he couldn't learn it, so he looked at Fu Xin with an expression of discontent.

  Seeing Lao San like this, Fu Xin didn't tease him anymore and said: "If you want to stand out in the army, you still have to work hard. However, these are all land forces. In fact, being in the air force or navy can be a bit easier, but the selection requirements for the air force are extremely high, and the air force is a high-risk profession. The specific selection criteria, I can tell you."

  "Brother, what's the danger that I'm afraid of? Come on and tell me, I want to know what it is." Fu Xin knew that Fu Wen would be interested in this. In his past life, after he became a lieutenant general in the army, he still complained about why he didn't study hard and join the air force instead!

  After all, as humans, the dream of flying has lasted for thousands of years, who doesn't want to soar in the sky?

  "Alright, let's talk about the air force recruitment requirements. I won't mention political qualifications, my family background is clean, otherwise you and I wouldn't be able to join the army either. Let me tell you about the physical conditions!" Fu Xin didn't care whether Fu Wen could understand or not, he would explain anyway.

  "First of all, it's eyesight, which needs to meet the Air Force C standard, as well as color vision and other ophthalmic examinations. You have no problem with this."

  Then comes the ENT examination, followed by blood pressure, internal organs, and this profession has very high requirements for the heart. There are also surgeries, such as height, weight, leg length, etc., as well as neurological examinations, electrocardiograms, audiometry, rotation chair tests, chest X-rays, blood draws, and so on, all of which you should have no problem with.

  "What's most important is the aptitude test, which includes memory and arithmetic. On this point, I'm not trying to discourage you, but if you don't study hard now, you won't be able to pass this level."

  Fu Wen heard this academic achievement and was also embarrassed. However, there is still a naval force that has not been introduced, so he asked: "What about the Navy?"

  "Navy, don't even think about it. With your clumsy self, you won't be able to pass this water test." Pei Xin immediately extinguished Pei Wen's lucky spark.

  "I can learn if I don't know how to swim!" Fu Wen still didn't give up.

  "Alright, brother doesn't really want to discourage you, but you still need to know that getting into the navy also requires good grades and sometimes the cultural requirements for the navy are even higher than those of the air force."

  "After all, the air force has high physical demands. Physical fitness can't be changed overnight, but knowledge is something that can still be learned within a certain timeframe as long as one is willing to put in the effort."

  "Oh, then I'll just join the army." Fu Wen's heart sank, thinking about his academic record, he really didn't have many options.

  Fu Xin finally didn't want to destroy a young man's beautiful dream, especially since it was his own brother. As they were about to arrive at the old man's house, he said: "Old Three, don't be discouraged, your physical quality is good, and you can definitely pass the test for joining the air force in this regard."

  As for learning, you're only 12 years old now and it's still early to join the air force! As long as you're willing to learn and work hard now, you can definitely master it in four years. If you don't understand, your brother can teach you!

  "Ah, okay!" Fu Wen thought of himself soaring in the blue sky and gave himself a boost of confidence. He must study hard and become an air force pilot!

  After finishing speaking, Fu Wen's face revealed a brilliant smile.

  "Alright, you've arrived at your master's house, go knock on the door and see if he's in." Fu Wen's master was a strange old man who kept his doors tightly shut even when he was home, and no one knew why.

  "Hmm!" With that, Fu Wen ran to the front door and carefully stood on the threshold, knocking on the lion's head-shaped door knocker.

  "Bang, bang, bang......"

  "Come on in! Push the door open yourself, it's not locked." A hoarse but energetic voice came from inside the house.

  Fu Wen pushed open the big gate, and since the old man was not in the house, he immediately knew that his master must be practicing in the backyard. He then went to the backyard with Fu Xin.

  The old man's home, although he lives alone, is quite large, at least bigger than Pei Xin's.

  Open the door, it is a very large hall. On both sides of the hall are four doors, each connecting to four bedrooms. In the center of the hall there is also a pool, above which there is no brick or tile covering, but rather an empty space where sunlight can shine in and when it rains, the rainwater from the sky falls directly into the pool below, this pool is called a "Tianjing".

  Behind the hall, there are two arched door frames, and the doors on the door frames are open. This is connected to the backyard and kitchen.

  The backyard is open-air, and the walls on both sides of the backyard have been built with green bricks and cannot lead to the outside world.

  Behind it is a kitchen built with earth bricks made of mud and straw, the old man should be practicing in this backyard.

  Logically speaking, this kind of house is a family-style house and it's impossible for only one person to live in it. But the old man with an unknown background was mysterious, nobody knew about him, and adding his skills, nobody dared to ask.

  "Oh, Xiao Xinzi you're here too, and you've even brought something!" An old man with white hair and eyebrows said with a smile as he saw Fu Xin and the other person walking over. After speaking, he also wrinkled his own wine nose and said contentedly: "Not bad, there's wine and meat, this old guy can finally have a good meal. Really not bad, better than that Xiao Wenzhong having a conscience."