Chapter Sixteen: Winning People's Hearts

  The two of them discussed some more details, and then they each left. As soon as Zhao Xiao Feng walked out of the wine building's gate, he saw a crowd of people gathering around to watch. Zhao Xiao Feng cursed under his breath: "What low quality! They rush to join in on anything!" He turned his head to leave, but suddenly, a figure rushed out from the crowd and collided with him.

  "Ah!" Zhao Xiaofeng exclaimed in surprise.

  "The other party hurriedly apologized: 'Sorry! Sorry! Really sorry!'"

  Zhao Xiaofeng supported her and only then saw the appearance of the newcomer. "Ma Xiaojie!" This person was actually the daughter of Hongshan.

  "Haha! No wonder the feeling was so good just now, it turns out I touched her big breasts!" Zhao Xiao Feng couldn't help but rub his hands together and looked at Ma Xiao Ling, who was wearing a military uniform, covered in sweat, with a mask hanging from her neck. She looked like a military doctor, only her face was flushed red, looking like she had also been caught off guard by the sudden attack and was not quite adapting.

  Ma Xiaoling also recognized Zhao Xiao Feng at this time, but she immediately turned her face away and pretended not to know him. She coldly said: "Sir! There's someone inside who is in a hurry to go to the hospital to find someone to save him. I accidentally bumped into you, I'm really sorry!"

  "No! Never mind, I'll take him to the hospital!" Zhao Xiaofeng said immediately.

  "Who?" Ma Xiaoling looked at him in confusion.

  "Save him!" Zhao Xiao Feng immediately pushed through the crowd and rushed in, "Ah!" He was immediately stunned, it turned out that the other person was a beggar, emitting a foul odor all over his body, just like he had just been pulled out of a latrine. His mouth was still foaming with white froth, and the abscess on his face was still oozing pus. It looked like he was about to die.

  Zhao Xiaofeng hesitated for a moment, but then immediately rushed forward, turned over and put the beggar on his shoulder. The people around him immediately dispersed, afraid of getting dirty from the beggar's body.

  "Awesome! To win the beauty's favor, I'm going all out!" Zhao Xiao Feng strongly held back his urge to vomit and took a step forward.

  Ma Xiaoling stood there stupidly watching Zhao Xiao Feng rush out and didn't even know who was leading the way.

  Zhao Xiaofeng saw Ma Xiaoling's surprised look and immediately shouted: "Quick! Lead the way ahead!"

  "Oh! Oh!" Ma Xiaoling finally reacted and immediately ran ahead to lead the way to the nearest clinic.

  "How did you get here?" Zhao Xiao Feng asked in confusion.

  "This man is in a hurry! Needs to be treated as soon as possible, and... we... our hospital only treats soldiers!"

  "Doctor! Doctor!" Ma Xiaoling didn't say another word, pushing open the door and shouting immediately.

  "What's going on!" A lazy fat man came out from the inner room, suddenly saw the beggar on Zhao Xiao Feng's back, and was shocked. He immediately shouted: "Get out! Get out! We're not open for business!"

  "Bastard!" Zhao Xiao Feng continued to scold: "Hurry up and treat him! Otherwise I'll tear down your hospital!"

  "What?" The other suddenly burst out laughing and said disdainfully to Zhao Xiaofeng, "You little boy, don't talk big, do you know who I am? Hmph! I am... Ah yo!"

  Zhao Xiaofeng looked at his foamy mouth and felt nauseous, immediately kicking him down to the door frame, and the other party quickly slid to the ground like a loach.

  Entering the inner room, Zhao Xiaofeng saw a bed in the room and immediately put the beggar on it. He then turned to Ma Xiaoling, who was still in a daze, and said, "Don't you go find some medicine yet?"

  "Looking for medicine?" Ma Xiaoling asked in confusion: "I just entered military medical school, and...and!"

  "Ah!" Zhao Xiao Feng sighed, staring at the medicine in the cabinet with worry. At this time, the fat doctor had woken up and was about to escape when he was blocked by Zhao Xiao Feng.

  "Big brother! I won't be able to cure this illness!" Fatso said tearfully.

  Zhao Xiaofeng immediately took out ten big dollars from his pocket and said: "You're saved, take this!"

  "What?" The fatty was shocked, this amount of money could buy several people as slaves, how could the other side be so generous?!

  "Hurry!" Zhao Xiao Feng urged the beggar who was almost out of breath.

  "Go!" Fatso shouted: "For this money, I'm willing to risk everything!"

  Under the urging of Pangzi, Zhao Xiaofeng had to put the newly washed beggar in a small inn next door. After giving the boss a month's worth of food and lodging money, Zhao Xiaofeng finally took a deep breath with Ma Xiaoling.

  When I walked out onto the street, it had already turned dark.

  "Oh no!" Ma Xiaoling exclaimed: "I'm going to be late! I'll definitely be punished this time!" After that, she turned her head to Zhao Xiao Feng and said: "Thank you! I have to go back to the hospital now! Goodbye!" Then she turned around and ran off.

  "Ah!......"

  Zhao Xiaofeng wanted to call out to her, but didn't know what to say, so he could only let out a frustrated sigh. He walked listlessly along the city wall, thinking to himself: "Damn it! I thought this was going to be a romantic encounter, but it turns out to be another wild goose chase - all for nothing!" As he thought of Ma Xiaoling's delicate and slender body, her face as lovely as a peach blossom, and her soft... Zhao Xiaofeng's mind immediately began to wander, "This little girl is really beautiful! Especially when she wears her military uniform, she looks even more delicate than Mo Yuhuan by three points!"

  "Commander!" A voice suddenly sounded in his ear, startling Zhao Xiaofeng. He looked up to see: "A Lang! Is that you? Damn it! You actually dare interrupt my daydreaming!"

  "What?" Ah Wolf said strangely: "Commander, what silver are you interrupting me with?"

  "Nothing! I...I'm counting the silver! Ah, how did you end up wearing these clothes?" Zhao Xiaofeng asked, looking at A Lang's black outfit.

  "Ah, never mind! Commander." Ah Lang sighed and said: "I was originally going to join the 7th Brigade, but who knew we had too many people, I was assigned to the Public Security Corps instead! Now I'm on patrol!"

  "Alright! Everything is fine, as long as you don't forget the purpose of this trip!" Zhao Xiao Feng comforted him.

  "No problem!" Ah Lang patted his chest and said: "In just a few days, I've made friends with several fellow villagers from nearby villages!"

  "Alright! Keep up the good work! Remember to stay in touch, and be sure to contact Boss Pu in a timely manner!" Zhao Xiao Feng patted his shoulder and said: "I'm off! See you later!"

  "Goodbye?" Ah Lang rubbed his head in confusion and said: "What's wrong with Commander today?"

  In just one short month, Zhao Xiaofeng had completed all the courses at Lianwudang and even surpassed his teachers in some projects, which shocked Education Director Wang Ruihua and even caught the attention of Deputy Supervisor Zhou Nian.

  On this day, the Lecture Martial Hall held an outdoor combat exercise, and all students had to be fully armed. Carrying forty kilograms of equipment, they trained in running, jumping, and obstacle crossing. For Zhao Xiao Feng, these trainings were nothing! He was already far ahead and easily finished all the training projects first. But he didn't know that a pair of eyes was closely watching him at this time.

  Then proceed with the exercise of offense, defense, pursuit and retreat, this time emphasizing collective combat! So Zhao Xiao Feng's performance was not so outstanding, but his light and agile figure was still there.

  The last item is to go camping and "bivouac overnight".

  It was in the midst of a severe winter in Northeast China, with heavy snowfall and howling north winds. Even if it were just for training, not to mention camping, one's hands, feet, and face would feel as if they had been bitten by cats.

  In the icy snow, Zhao Xiao Feng was like a javelin, staying until dawn. At this time, except for him, everyone else seemed to be on the verge of collapse, shivering all over. However, at this moment, the school command center suddenly issued another order, requiring everyone to run towards the provincial city to "transfer troops". Due to physical reasons, many people fell behind. Suddenly, Zhao Xiao Feng discovered that the excellent student who had been sitting next to him, nicknamed "Glasses", a weak and thin man, had fallen down, his head buried in the snow pile. Zhao Xiao Feng was frightened, knowing that if this continued for another minute, "Glasses" would lose his life. So, Zhao Xiao Feng immediately turned back, pulled up "Glasses" with one hand, saw that he was almost fainting, and immediately put him on his shoulders, rushing towards the front team.

  A student who had never been seen before also fell in front, and Zhao Xiaofeng, who was passing by, immediately saw him get up again: "Brother! Are you okay?"

  "Go!" The other party climbed up and looked at the person on Zhao Xiao Feng's shoulder, gritted his teeth and said: "Big brother! Well done! I will definitely not lose to you!"

  "Alright!" Zhao Xiao Feng took a deep breath, and suddenly there was a struggle on his back. He turned his head to look, and found that the "glasses" behind him had woken up. The "glasses" croaked: "Brother Zhao! Put me down! I can do it!"

  "Alright!" Zhao Xiao Feng nodded and said: "You rest for a while longer, when I'm no longer able to hold on you can come down again!"

  "No need!......" Before Glasses could finish speaking, Zhao Xiao Feng had already turned around and ran forward with him on his back.

  At the east gate of the provincial capital, nearly a hundred fully armed soldiers stood in rows. The deputy supervisor and the education director accompanied a young and handsome military officer standing on the city wall, looking at the students returning one after another below.

  "What's with Zhao Feng? He still hasn't come back! I don't think he's doing very well either!" Deputy Supervisor Zhou Nian said to Education Director Wang Ruihua.

  "It shouldn't be!" Wang Ruihua shook his head and said, "I heard that this kid stood still in the icy snow last night, not moving at all. Could he have frozen to death?"

  "Don't be in a hurry!" said the young officer.

  More than 1,500 soldiers have returned one after another, but Zhao Xiaofeng is nowhere to be seen. This has driven Wang Ruihua mad. He was the talent that he had personally recommended to General Shao. This kid really made him lose face!

  "Brother Zhao is back! Brother Zhao is back!......" The students who were resting under the city gate immediately rushed out, and in the distance, a chubby "snowman" was rushing towards the city gate, although not very fast, but it had already caused everyone to shout!

  Zhao Xiaofeng has helped so many people along the way that he can't even remember himself. All he remembers is the last stretch of road, with someone on his back and two others supported by his hands on either side. Why did he do this?

  First, of course, it was to win people over; second, he didn't want these men to freeze to death in the icy snow, because they might become pillars of his own army in the future. Military training at this time had no rescue facilities, and if someone died on the road, the most that could be done was for the martial arts hall to send someone to bring back his body and return it to his family.

  "Bravo!" Young Marshal Zhang Xueliang led the applause and shouted: "Let's learn from Zhao Feng!"

  The city above and below suddenly boiled up, everyone was applauding, cheering, Zhao Xiao Feng wiped the ice water on his head, took a sip of ginger soup sent by his classmates, and looked at the city wall, "Good guy! Look at this lineup, Zhang Xueliang must have come!" Zhao Xiao Feng had already counted in his heart.

  "Zhao Feng! General Shao is calling for you to come up immediately!" A soldier came running and shouted, his tone also filled with respect.

  "Yes!" Zhao Xiao Feng thought: "As expected, I didn't guess wrong!" He immediately sprinted towards the city wall with a refreshed spirit.