In long-distance running, brute force alone is not enough, and exhaustion is useless if you don't master the skills. In the end, Li Ersha failed to outrun the second son of the landlord's family.
Ten kilometers later, Li Ersha became Li Ergou. He was a dead dog and his whole body was exhausted. However, Li Chennan ran more and more easily, leaving Li Ersha far behind.
Company Commander Chen Erxi came to Li Ersha and began to teach him step by step how to adjust his breathing. Only then did he listen carefully and adjust his breathing step by step along with the company commander.
Slowly, he found that the suffocation that had been weighing in his heart was gone, and his steps were no longer so heavy. He was very talented in running, but he just didn't master the method.
After mastering a certain method, he finally persisted to the finish line. Although he was still far behind Li Chennan, he had confidence in his heart. He believed that one day he would surpass the second son of the landlord's family!
This period of militia training is scheduled to last for 10 days. In addition to taking care of a meal at noon, each person participating in the training will also be subsidized with a bucket of grain.
Those who were unable to participate had to turn in grain to pay taxes. Li Yao's family had the most land. According to the standards set by the Eighth Route Army, his family had 45 people to participate in militia training.
In addition to Li Chennan, Li Yaozu had to hand over four more loads of grain, which was nothing to him. He didn't even want Li Chennan to go.
In Li Yaozu's words, Lao Li's family can afford this little food!
The landlord's family is not short of this amount of food, but it is different for Li Ersha. He is a well-known second-rate man in Lijia Village. In the past, he has always had one meal but no one. He does not rent land to farm, and he goes everywhere. Eat as a mixed meal.
Today one family steals potatoes, and tomorrow another family steals wheat, or they shamelessly ask for some from this family or that family. People in Lijia Village don't have the same experience as him, so they can't watch him starve to death.
It can be said that Li Ersha grew up eating food from hundreds of families!
He came to this militia training just for food. One bucket of food every ten days, and he also took care of meals at noon. To him, this was the Chinese New Year.
Not to mention that he was a second-rate person who never finished his meal. Even the other militiamen also cared about this bucket of food. They asked for two buckets of food every time they went in!
Now is the slack season for farmers. Save money if you can. This is also a good tradition of the Chinese people.
The reason why Li Ersha trained so hard was because he found that since he joined the militia, the people in the village looked at him differently——
There is less dislike and more respect, which was not possible before!
Once a person feels respected, it is difficult to let him go. His life begins to have a goal, and he is no longer the shameless dawdling he once was.
His current life goal is to become an Eighth Route Army soldier!
When you put on that Eighth Route Army uniform, even the fairy-like Erni will look at you differently. Only in this way can you enjoy your life!
Li Ersha's name is "Silly", but he is not stupid. He just lost his parents early and no one cared about him, so he lived his life as a second-rate person that everyone hates.
For the first time since joining the militia, he felt the dignity of a human being!
So he made up his mind, worked hard during training, worked hard to be the first, and learned real skills before joining the Eighth Route Army.
The ten days of militia training are coming to an end, and we have entered the last subject - live ammunition shooting. Each person shoots three bullets and shoots circles on the wooden board.
The three people with the best performance in the assessment can voluntarily apply to join the martial arts team. That is the real Eighth Route Army!
Erni's eyes lit up when she saw him!
Why did Li Ersha keep staring at the landlord's second son? The reason was that he regarded him as his biggest rival.
In the long-distance running assessment, Li Er foolishly finished second and lost to Li Chennan, which made him very unhappy.
It was impossible for Li Chennan to become a member of the Eighth Route Army. He couldn't pass his father's test. Being a militiaman was already Li Yaozu's psychological bottom line. The militiamen at least did not leave home and did not need to train most of the time.
The martial arts team was different. The martial arts team had to fight the Japanese at any time. Two of his three sons were already fighting the Japanese, and he had to keep the other one by his side.
Li Chennan didn't want to irritate his father too much. In his opinion, he would have the opportunity to fight the Japanese after becoming a militiaman.
Li Ersha will definitely not know this. What he fears most is that Li Chennan will rob him.
The company commander said that live ammunition shooting is very important. Whether you can join the Eighth Route Army depends on this hammer deal.
Li Ersha had never fired live ammunition before, so he didn't know what to do, so he had no choice but to go for it.
"You idiot, don't tremble, just follow your usual training!"
"Yes - company commander! I'm not nervous!"
Er Sha's answer was still a little shaky.
"You idiot, remember when you were a kid, you used a slingshot to hit sparrows? Just hit those circles as if they were sparrows!"
Li Chennan carefully reminded Li Ersha in the queue that he hoped that Li Ersha could join the Eighth Route Army. There would be one less second-rate man in the village and one more good soldier in the team. How great!
Li Ersha was famous for hunting sparrows in the village. This was the only way he could eat meat.
Finally it was Li Er's turn to be dumbfounded. He had been very nervous before, but when he picked up the gun, he suddenly became less nervous. It felt like it was a slingshot!
This was what he was best at. He seemed to see an attractive sparrow parked on a wooden board in the distance. If he shot it down, he would not be hungry.
"Ba! Ba! Ba!"
Li Ersha fired three bullets as fast as he could, and when he looked at the wooden board, there were no sparrows left.
"It's over, it's gone!"
Li Ersha walked down from the target with a frustrated look on his face...
Then came the target reporting, and Li Ersha was already absent-minded.
"Target No. 5, 10 rings, 10 rings, 9 rings! The total number of rings is 29 rings!"
As soon as the results came out, everyone was exclaimed!
Li Chennan looked calm after hearing his results. He was confident in himself.
"Target No. 6, 10 rings, 10 rings, 10 rings! Full rings!"
Everyone exclaimed, including the always calm Li Chennan, who couldn't help but sigh in his heart, there really are talented people in this world!
Li Ersha was still absent-minded and could only see others as the Eighth Route Army.
"Second idiot, you are so awesome!"
"You idiot, the sparrow you shot was not in vain!"
"Two idiots..."
Li Ersha finally had some reaction:
"This seems to be talking about me!"
"You idiot, why are you standing there so stupidly? It's you!"
Li Ersha finally laughed and then cried. This was the first time he cried.
In the end, Li Ersha won the second place in the overall score of the militia assessment, and the first place was Li Chennan.
Chen Erxi had been paying attention to Li Ersha for some time. He discovered that the most disliked young man in the village was a natural soldier and had the sniper talent mentioned by Captain Chu.
It is a natural piece of rough jade. It would be a pity to keep it in the militia company or even the armed workers team!
"Company commander, can I join the military engineering team?"
Li Ersha looked at Chen Erxi expectantly, this was what he had dreamed of.
"Comrade Li Ersha, forget about the military workers, I recommend you to go to a better place!"
Li Ersha became anxious when he heard this, and said almost with a cry:
"Company commander, you said that the top three can join the military work team, you can't just keep your word!"
"Li Ersi, don't worry, the place you are sent to is also the Eighth Route Army, which is more powerful than the armed workers team. They will train you to shoot ten rounds of bullets every day, and you will also have meat to eat!"
Li Ersha seemed to understand a little better. He only heard the key sentence:
Ten rounds of bullets and still meat to eat!
Such a place must not be like heaven!
"Company commander, will you also be issued with military uniforms?"
"Fa! The village will also beat gongs and drums to send you off. Not only will you be wearing a military uniform, but you will also be wearing a big red flower!"
"Company commander, I'm going!"
Li Ersha nodded and agreed without even thinking about it. Li Ersha was not stupid at all.
