Chapter 4: Home Visit

The room was packed with people, mostly relatives of the Village Chief's family, and Shi Jin sat in the middle, sweating profusely.

Everyone was fawning over the Village Chief.

Every word was praise for Cheng Cai, who was sitting upright.

Something like Xia Rong Village finally having an officer.

Cheng Cai would definitely become a leader when he got to the army, and so on.

Listening to these words, Shi Jin suddenly felt a bit sweaty.

He hurriedly stood up, his hands constantly pressing down to explain.

"I must explain to everyone that a home visit does not mean enlistment; it is also part of the entire recruitment screening procedure..."

"Then is a NCO considered a soldier or an officer?"

"Is driving a tank the same as driving a tractor?"

"Can you fly a fighter jet?"

The Village Chief was a bit anxious, fearing that the leader would be dissatisfied, so he hurriedly changed the subject: "Hey, the People's Liberation Army comrade is here to visit my Cheng Cai's home, not for you to ask questions! Everyone spread out a bit!"

Shi Jin nodded hurriedly, showing a grateful smile.

Shi Jin calmed his mood and looked at Cheng Cai: "Your father said you could get into college, but you chose to enlist. Why..."

Cheng Cai didn't give him a chance to finish asking, standing up cleanly and neatly, his eyes and posture revealing cleverness.

He was a genius, and Shi Jin saw the character of such a person at a glance.

It was a kind of extreme outward expression of desire.

Cheng Cai coughed, his voice becoming deep and resonant, more of a stiff form of speech.

"Since I was a child, I have had a great ideal, and that is to join the glorious Chinese People's Liberation Army! Today, putting on the sacred military uniform and taking over the steel gun of my predecessors, my blood is boiling, and I can hardly control myself. To defend the motherland, to defend the people, to become a member of the million-strong army, like a small drop of water merging into the sea, I am willing to dedicate myself to achieve the great..."

Shi Jin looked at him inexplicably, not knowing where he was.

Subconsciously looking around, he finally discovered that he was here for an inspection, not to attend a study class.

He only heard endless praise all around.

Shi Jin had to nod to show he heard.

The applause became more and more intense.

The onlookers clapped vigorously.

How good.

Cheng Cai had already been recognized.

Didn't you see the leader nodding?

This must be fawned over.

In the future, the Village Chief might be promoted to Town Mayor or something.

"Cheng Cai is really good, he will definitely be a leader like his father."

"That's right, he's been clever since he was a child."

The Village Chief's face was radiant with glory, and he couldn't control himself and started clapping. This brought about a round of applause, and when the applause gradually ceased, the Village Chief felt something was wrong.

Xu Baishun was glaring at him from the side as if he had a great grudge.

Gritting his teeth, he spat out a mouthful of saliva, "Screw your mother, why don't you go participate in a United Nations speech?"

Shi Jin saw Xu Baishun.

Only then did he stand up and hurriedly ask the Village Chief, "Who is that old gentleman?"

The Village Chief glanced at him, "A passerby, irrelevant."

Shi Jin said "Oh" and just wanted to sit down.

Xu Baishun kicked over the stool, rolled up his sleeves, and cursed, "Screw your mother, what do you mean by passerby? My house is at the head of the village, and yours is at the tail. According to the leader's inspection direction, he should come to my house first, but you intercepted him!"

"Damn it, this is trying to ruin my Sanduo's future, right? You turtle son!"

Xu Baishun's shout plunged the courtyard into dead silence.

It also made the Village Chief's face turn pale and green.

Cheng Cai was even more stunned, standing up and staggering back a few steps.

Who didn't know that Xu Baishun was the village's rogue.

A presence like a tough nut to crack.

"Leader, my name is Xu Baishun. Is my turtle son Xu Sanduo also for a home visit?"

Xu Baishun walked straight to Shi Jin and asked.

Shi Jin was stunned and nodded subconsciously, "Ah."

"That's fine. Are you done here? Go to my house and visit my son!"

"Is your son named Xu Sanduo?" Shi Jin asked.

Xu Baishun blinked, "Ah."

Shi Jin sighed in his heart. That Xu Sanduo would definitely be eliminated.

Although he ran fast.

But what kind of insight could someone of that quality have?

Xu Baishun ran to his house first.

Shouting at the top of his lungs, "Where is the turtle son? Let him come out."

Xu Erhe was wearing bell-bottom pants, stepping on rotten slippers, one hand digging his crotch while leaning against the wall smelling chili peppers.

"Sanduo hasn't come back yet. What happened? Did he get beaten up again?"

Xu Baishun got angry looking at this second-rate son.

"Screw your mother, let the eldest prepare to make a fire and cook. The People's Liberation Army comrade is coming for a home visit. This is the only home visit in so many years. This time he will definitely be able to enlist as a soldier!"

"My mother died long ago." Xu Erhe retorted unconvinced.

Xu Baishun directly ignored this son in his eyes.

"Where is the turtle son? That kid from the Village Chief's bastard family is a bit evil, speaking in sets. Let the turtle son go find Wang Laoshi and learn something! At least be about the same as Cheng Cai!"

Xu Erhe sneered and pursed his lips, "Isn't that him coming?"

Feng Yuxiu walked in from outside the mud wall with an expressionless face.

Xu Baishun was impatient and turned around, striding toward Feng Yuxiu.

His right hand naturally grabbed toward his ear, "Go, go find Wang Laoshi and let him write something for you to memorize. At least be about the same as Cheng Cai! Otherwise, you definitely won't have a chance this time!"

The next second.

Xu Baishun was stunned.

He looked down at his empty right hand in a daze.

He slowly turned around.

He discovered that this cowardly, introverted, useless turtle son was now standing straight in place, looking at him with cold eyes.

That look made his heart ache.

It was as if his own son had died.

The ache instantly turned into determination. Ignoring the strangeness in his heart, he shouted urgently, "Turtle son, come with me to find Wang Laoshi."

Feng Yuxiu sat on the stool on his own, his gaze heavy, "Xu Bai... no need to go. Just let that soldier come. My quality is definitely no problem."

"However, I met that soldier before. From his eyes, I almost knew that the matter of buying porn for the eldest must have been seen. I need to clear my name."

Feng Yuxiu's words left Xu Baishun dumbfounded.

It also left Xu Erhe confused.

"What are you talking about?" Xu Baishun asked, revealing his blackened front teeth.

Feng Yuxiu smiled slightly.

Shi Jin came out of the Village Chief's house, unable to stop lowering his head and smiling bitterly.

"No eating, absolutely no eating or drinking. This is a written regulation. Village Chief, just point the way, I'll go myself."

The Village Chief nodded politely: "Hmm, this way down the mountain is closer, I'll see you off."

Shi Jin smiled warmly and clarified the topic: "I mean Comrade Xu Sanduo's home."

The Village Chief was a bit speechless, his chest feeling stuffy.

He didn't want to say it but was afraid it would leave a bad impression on his son Cheng Cai.

So he pointed to the west, "That's it. I'll see you over there."

"Stay, stay, I'll go over myself, you stay."

"Leader, walk well!"

Cheng Cai squeezed out of the crowd and shouted, waving his hand.

Shi Jin was slightly startled, looking at the boy's honest smile and his sun-blackened face.

He saw everything, but he didn't see what he wanted.

So he could only nod, "Goodbye."

Watching Shi Jin's back, the Village Chief was a bit annoyed.

How could that useless third son of Old Skin Xu be mentioned in the same breath as his own Cheng Cai.

Could that kind of cowardly thing also be a soldier?

"Everyone disperse."

The Village Chief was not at ease that Xu the Rogue's son would have any prospects. One person in Xia Rongshu Village bringing honor to his ancestors was enough.

He hurriedly followed.

The villagers joined in the fun one after another.

"Let's go, let's go too, and see what kind of insight that withered third son can have!"

Cheng Cai stood in place with a smile and stretched.

His gaze was mixed with the cleverness and disdain of someone about to leave this village.

Looking at the background of this group of villagers was like looking at a group of lowly pigs.

"I am different from them. I am someone who is about to have great prospects."

This was Cheng Cai's standard for himself.

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"Ah!"

Slap, slap, slap!

Shi Jin's footsteps paused thirty meters away from Xu Baishun's house.

The Village Chief and villagers behind him also paused.

They all stretched their ears.

"This figure looks like Xu Yile's. Was he beaten by Xu the Rogue again?"

"He's already over thirty, and he's still so merciless. No wonder Xu the Rogue's three sons are all bachelors."

Xu Baishun's roaring shout broke the villagers' idle gossip.

"Damn it, let you threaten the third cub to buy porn, don't you know the third cub is someone who is going to be a soldier?"

"You useless thing, dare to ruin the third cub's future, today I'll beat you to death!"

"Ouch, Dad, I was wrong, don't beat me, even my bladder is being beaten out!"

Shi Jin's expression changed drastically, and he hurriedly ran forward. ===== CHAPTER 5 =====