The news that Major General Yan Li's soldiers came to take Ye Xiao and Yuan Kai away has spread in the 69th District. Everyone is speculating about the reason. Some people are looking forward to it and others are worried. They are thinking about it and even doing their work. Can't go down anymore.
Ye Zhen sat on a small stone with a textbook on her lap. After the teacher taught for a while, she asked them to do their homework. The home was being rebuilt, and the teachers at the school were also reorganizing their studies in the open space around the shelter. There are no desks or chairs in the classroom. We can only move stones nearby to sit on or put books. The blackboard for teaching was dug out from the ruins of the teaching building by Ye Xiao and his people. It has been broken into several pieces, different shapes and sizes. No, it was renovated and renovated, just enough for the two temporary large and small classes.
For those who were sitting in the open air, Yuan Kai specially asked people to move stones and build a half-person-high wall, which could barely block the increasingly cold winter wind. Winter is coming these days, and fine snowflakes only fall at night, and during the day. Then it stopped. When the heavy snow continues in a few days, we may not be able to stay here. Everyone can only huddle in the shelter. Education is the most important thing.
At this moment, the students around Ye Zhen also began to whisper, envious of Ye Xiao and Yuan Kai for having such an opportunity to face the Major General, because the Major General is the most powerful hero in their eyes. He can drive away wild beasts and resist them. The foreign enemy is the God of War they all dream of becoming!
A girl suddenly came to her and asked: "Ye Zhen, why did the young general come to your eldest brother?"
Ye Zhen said: "I don't know."
She was very disappointed: "Ah."
He thought for a moment, and then said, "I hope nothing will happen."
Li Sha is different from others. Her hero is not the Major General, but Ye Xiao.
When the wild beast attacked, her father was queuing up in the square to receive supplies, and her mother cooked wild vegetable soup at home. They were going to take it to eat with her father. They collected the supplies and returned home together. However, before they even walked out of the yard, they heard a loud noise in the distance. There was a cry, the beast has entered the city! Her mother pulled her to run for her life in a panic, but before she could go far, her legs were pinned down by a flying stone wall. She watched her mother fall in a pool of blood. She was so frightened that she watched the people around her running for their lives in a panic. Her cry for help Drowned in terrified cries.
It was Ye Xiao, that thin but resolute young man. With a shout, he called for someone to lift the boulder that she couldn't move half an inch. She watched him rescue her mother, watched him shuttle among the crowd, and heard him shout hoarsely. roar, watching him lead more and more people to help more people in need...
He may not be as powerful as the Major General, but he is the real hero in her heart.
When school was over in the morning, Ye Zhen and Ye Zhu returned to the shelter together. They took bowls and chopsticks and lined up to receive their meals. Ye's father was working outside. Ye Xiao and Yuan Kai had not come back after being called away. From time to time, people came over to chat with their sister. The two brothers are talking. By the way, are "Little Brother Ye" and "Brother Kai" back
Ye Zhen shook her head and said no, and they suddenly said "Oh" and said like Li Sha, "I hope nothing will happen."
Someone else said: "It must be okay. Brother Ye and Brother Kai did good things, and they must be rewarded by the higher ups!"
"Yeah, we didn't break the law, what could happen?"
"Then why haven't they come back yet?"
"Maybe there's something big going on?"
Ye Zhu listened, shook Ye Zhen's hand, raised his little face and said worriedly: "Second sister, when will the eldest brother come back?"
Ye Zhen said: "It should be soon."
Ye Zhu said happily: "Then let's wait for the eldest brother to come back and have dinner together. The eldest brother has been working very hard recently. I want to give him half of the steamed bun!"
Ye Zhen smiled and rubbed his head: "Okay."
However, Ye Xiao and Yuan Kai came back long after lunch. Ye Zhu waited all day and saw no one. In the end, he could only eat the cold rice soup with the steamed buns, and hid the remaining one in his clothes to give to his elder brother in the afternoon. For extra meals, his little brain worked all day long to maximize the edible value of a steamed bun, and finally took Ye Zhen's hand and went out to class.
During the afternoon break, one of Yuan Kai's younger brothers came over and said that Ye Xiao and Yuan Kai were looking for her.
Ye Zhen: "When did they come back?"
"I just came back, and now I'm at the previous competition ground."
Ye Zhen nodded, hugged the book and left.
After a month of cleaning up, the competition ground has been rebuilt, but it is no longer used for competitions. Instead, more people come to train voluntarily, but most of them come in the early morning or evening when there is nothing to do, like in broad daylight. They also have to work and don't have time to come here for training. Of course, there are no people here at the moment.
When Ye Zhen arrived, she saw Ye Xiao and Yuan Kai squatting on the stone talking. After more than a month, their faces were no longer as immature as before. They had matured and grown a lot. They had courage and courage. Hope, the whole person's temperament will wake up and become eye-catching.
Yuan Kai said that the Major General came to them to commend them on behalf of the empire and sent a sum of money. They discussed using part of it to replenish food and supplies, and keeping the remaining part for emergencies. Ye Xiao said that he felt that the purpose of the young general looking for them was not that simple. After all, even if he wanted to commend them, the young general would not need to come forward in person. There must be other reasons for him to come in person. Yuan Kai said it was because they did so well
Maybe it's true. I'm used to sweeping away the snow on my own. A great unity like this is enough to attract the attention of many people.
Then the leader who called them was naturally unusual.
Ye Zhen said: "We just want to live a better life and protect our homeland. We have done nothing wrong. As long as there is no revolution, the empire will not care."
Probably in their view, if ordinary people have no brains and no physical strength, what can they cause? Ordinary people do not pose any threat.
Yuan Kai agreed with Ye Zhen's statement, and so did Ye Xiao, but he was worried about another point. In front of Yuan Kai, he did not say anything. On the way home, he saw that there was no one around, so he quietly talked to Ye Zhen. Said: "Second sister, I think the young general is looking for you behind our backs, but don't worry, neither Yuan Kai nor I have told anything about you."
Ye Zhen said: "Have the Major General asked me?"
Ye Xiao said no.
Ye Zhen knew in her heart that no matter whether she asked or not, that man was so smart that he would definitely be able to guess something.
She wasn't scared or worried. She wasn't even excited about being noticed by the major general. She was too calm.
Ye Xiao didn't know since when, his second sister, who had always been quiet and introverted, became different from before. Her bold ideas and pursuits shocked him. Maybe she suffered too much, or maybe she was Being kept at the bottom gave her the determination to resist.
Of course, he knew that she might have some talent in embroidery, and all the stitches she had studied were exchanged with Fatty Zhang for supplies. Even so, he was still surprised, even though the second sister in his eyes was still quiet and looked nothing like before. different.
Ye Zhen said: "Brother, if you can't escape unscathed in the future, you can tell me."
Ye Xiao immediately said: "You are my second sister. As the eldest brother, of course I have to protect you!"
Ye Zhen glanced at him: "Don't let yourself get involved if you can't protect me. I'm smarter and stronger than you and can protect myself."
Ye Xiao: "..."
Probably only his stupid third brother can give him the authority and comfort of being an elder brother.
When Ye's father came back in the evening, he took Ye Xiao to ask questions. While he was working, Ye Xiao and Yuan Kai were summoned by the Major General. He was immediately happy and worried. He was happy that his son was successful, and worried that his son would not get into trouble. Now that he heard about it, it was okay. He was immediately delighted with the award. This was a rare treatment in the entire civilian area! He walked with his back straight and worked harder. Of course, his appetite seemed to be bigger. Ye Zhen would give him a piece of steamed bun every time he ate.
But early the next morning, when Ye Zhen was in the school despite the fine snowflakes, Fatty Zhang brought his brother over, and also brought her a communicator. It was difficult to move around in winter, so having a communicator would make it easier to communicate with each other. Fatty Zhang then introduced that the man's name was Zhao Yongquan, and he could be called Master Zhao. Master Zhao is a low-level physical evolver who is lucky enough to be able to learn martial arts. He was taught by the same teacher as Fatty Zhang.
Master Zhao went to the battlefield when he was young, but retired because of an injury. Now he is at home. He was a little hesitant before hearing Fatty Zhang's words. After all, ordinary people's physical fitness is poor, and it is useless to learn martial arts. But Zhang When the fat man said that the person he wanted to teach was the man who led hundreds of thousands of people in civilian areas to clean up the rubble, he immediately agreed.
Master Zhao had read the news, and the comparison of the two pictures after the disaster left a deep impression on him. From that time on, he memorized these two names, Ye Xiao and Yuan Kai. But a twenty-year-old boy should live a life with backbone, drive, and flamboyance. No matter how ordinary people evolve, if you don’t even have backbone, you are a useless person no matter who you are!
He has experienced the cruelest battlefields and seen the fragility of life, so he respects everyone who has backbone and works hard to live.
Ye Zhen thanked him very much and immediately asked someone to call Ye Xiao who was outside. Yuan Kai came with him.
Ye Xiao had long heard Ye Zhen say that she asked Fatty Zhang to hire a martial arts teacher for him. He thought there was no hope before. Now that it was here, he still felt a little incredible. Of course, he was more excited and excited. He was so hopeful. Becoming stronger! Even Yuan Kai was envious. He was thick-skinned. He didn't want to see Fatty Zhang, but he wanted to see Master Zhao who could teach martial arts. He immediately talked sweetly and then asked: "Master Zhao, can I learn it too?"
Master Zhao waved his hand and it was done.
Teaching one is teaching two, not to mention that he still admires these two young men.
The martial arts teaching was settled in this way, and Ye Zhen finally let go of a big stone in her heart.
Father Ye was surprised by the appearance of Master Zhao. He asked Ye Xiao why Master Zhao came to teach him? Ye Xiao looked at the quiet Ye Zhen beside him, and then said: "Because Master Zhao admired what Yuan Kai and I did before, and seeing that we both had the desire to learn martial arts, and he happened to have nothing to do, he agreed to teach us."
Father Ye had almost no doubt and said with emotion: "Master Zhao is such a good person!"
Ye Xiao touched his nose and couldn't count how many times he helped his second sister lie.
Ye Zhu was hopping on the side and said that he also wanted to learn. Ye Xiao asked him to watch by the time and they learned together. Ye Zhu was so happy that he danced and couldn't sleep most of the night.
A real heavy snowfall fell, but in just one night, the ground was covered with snow, and people walking on it could bury their shoes. At this time, no matter men, women, old or young, they rarely went out.
At this time, Master Zhao was teaching martial arts to Ye Xiao and Yuan Kai in the shelter. Ye Zhu should go to the other side to study, but Ye Zhu didn't want to go, and Ye Zhen didn't go either, so he practiced in a decent way. When they got up, Master Zhao mainly taught Ye Xiao and Yuan Kai. He would correct Ye Zhen and Ye Zhu's postures if they were wrong. Gradually, he taught four of them. And because it was in a shelter and a public place, except for the severely injured area, which was isolated, there was no private space here at all. Many men, women and children who watched them practice martial arts followed them after watching them for a few days. I'm following the same thing, but no one is teaching me, and my posture is not right.
Because there are more and more people following martial arts, whether they are joking or joining in the fun, the space is not enough. Many people roll up their own beds and put them in the corner to free up a lot of space and can stand. Almost all those who could walk learned to walk. Every time they saw Zhao Yongquan, they would respectfully call out "Master Zhao." During lunch, they would always let him go to the front, and the aunt who was preparing the meal would drop her spoon to the bottom. Give him two more grains of rice. They know that he is a teacher who comes to teach them martial arts and make them stronger. They are in awe of intellectuals and capable people.
Zhao Yongquan was a good teacher, not to mention being treated so enthusiastically. He taught naturally and attentively. Later, he didn't just teach Ye Xiao, Yuan Kai, Ye Zhen and Ye Zhu. He had them line up in neat lines and learn from him. All the techniques they had practiced in the army were taught to these positive ordinary people. They were willing to learn, more able to endure hardships, and obedient. It was extremely easy to teach them.
Things about learning martial arts here are on track. People from other shelters came to visit. When they saw this state, they were immediately surprised.
It was surprising enough that everyone worked together to clean up the ruins and rebuild their homes before, but now they are also learning martial arts
Someone told him: "Master Zhao heard about the heroic deeds of Brother Ye and Brother Kai, and came here to teach them martial arts. Master Zhao doesn't hide his secrets, and he doesn't let us learn from him. Sometimes he even Special guidance, we run and practice every day, this winter will be very warm!"
The man thought, yes, the heavy snow has fallen. Except for some who can go to the factory to work, most people are huddled in the shelter and suffering from the cold. Every day, they are looking forward to winter passing quickly. Fisting like this is not only good for physical fitness. It’s not cold yet!
He immediately joined the army and learned to do it together. They crawled around for a day and were really warm! When he finished work in the afternoon, he went back to talk about what happened here. As soon as those people heard that Brother Ye and Brother Kai actually had a martial arts teacher, they immediately started to get ready to come over. However, the place here is small, and they stood still when they came. There aren't that many people. Someone reported this matter to Ye Xiao. Ye Xiao and Yuan Kai habitually asked Ye Zhen. Ye Zhen didn't say anything and asked them what they were going to do.
Ye Xiao said that he was going to find a few people who were good at training to teach them, and he would go there one at a time, but the progress there would definitely be slower than the one here.
This is a good idea, but you need to get Master Zhao's permission first. Yuan Kai said that this task should be given to him. He is the best at understanding people, talking about people, talking about ghosts, and can read people's faces. This kind of thing is best for him to do. Sure enough, Soon the good news came, teach me, teach me if you can!
In Master Zhao's view, all boxing and kicking skills are the same, and anyone can learn them if they want. But it also depends on talent. Some people can learn it by analogy and defeat all the invincible opponents in the world, while some people are still weak even if they learn it. Chicken, so he really doesn’t care how many people learn from it. If he can teach a genius among these ordinary people, maybe he will become famous all over the world!
That's how things were done. Of course, the two people who learned the best were Ye Xiao and Yuan Kai. However, they couldn't allocate so much energy and could only find a few people who learned well. Even Master Zhao praised them. I went to several other shelters to teach, and occasionally Ye Xiao and Yuan Kai would take one of them over to take a look. Although there were always some problems, the momentum was sufficient! Before getting close, you can hear a uniform roar coming from the shelter, and the energy is very good.
Most of the people in the 69th District participated. Other districts also heard the news and couldn't help but come over to take a look. Although the martial arts was very messy, the momentum was great and it was really exciting!
They also want to learn.
The leader said that he was sent by Brother Xiao and the others. After finishing teaching here, he would have to go back to learn. Someone else would teach the next moves. He really didn't have time. If you really want to learn, go to Brother Xiao and Brother Kai, and they will make arrangements for you. Or just follow along and learn here, and after you’ve learned it, can’t you just go back and teach
That's great, but how long will it take? He can't go back to work! What can be done? They can only go to Ye Xiao and Yuan Kai.
Nowadays, the names of Ye Xiao and Yuan Kai are well-known in civilian areas. There is really no one who doesn't know these two brothers.
Ye Xiao and Yuan Kai were really surprised and surprised when they heard their purpose. Did they really not expect that they could have such a big influence? Just like when they initially only gathered one or two thousand people to clean up the ruins, then they refused to allow hundreds of thousands of people to follow them. This is the power of unity!
These people want to make progress, learn, and become stronger, and they will only be happy because they heard Ye Zhen say that one or two ordinary people are too weak, and only when everyone unites can they exert their greatest strength! They have already experienced this sentence in the previous unity, and the shock can make their blood boil just thinking about it now!
They agreed immediately without saying a word.
Word spread like this, and the civilian area that had been quiet for a few days became lively again. I thought I would endure the cold through this winter, but I didn't expect that I could get together to practice martial arts to strengthen and warm up.
There are many advantages to learning martial arts, but of course there are also disadvantages, that is, it seems that you get hungry too easily. Every time you finish boxing, your stomach will growl with hunger.
Ye Xiao also discovered that practicing martial arts consumes a lot of energy. On weekdays, he only eats rice soup and two steamed buns. Although it is only two meals, he is not very hungry at least, but now he is woken up by hunger once every night.
The two meals provided by the government were only enough to last until I was full, but now that I was consuming them again, I really became hungry even faster.
Ye Zhen said: "We can take out the food we found and the materials we received."
Ye Xiao hesitated: "Winter has just entered, and there will be at least more than three months until next spring. I don't know how many days the food group in the empire can hold on. Once they leave, it will be even more difficult for us. And I heard The aunt who cooks said that there is not much food left in the warehouse, and the empire has not sent anyone to send new food, so we probably won’t be able to hold on for much longer.”
Yuan Kai also said that their own food reserves are actually not much, plus what was left over from the previous "competition exchange", as well as the money given to them by the empire, a refuge of at least 20,000 people, District 69 There are only four shelters. If we divide them up, we can only last for half a month at most, which is not enough.
Ye Zhen said: "Since the imperial food group hasn't withdrawn yet, let's make some rice soup and steam steamed buns to cushion the meal at night. If we don't have the strength, we can't do anything."
Indeed, being hungry can really drain one's will.
And they didn't want to give up this opportunity to learn martial arts at all. They would rather endure hardship, hunger, and fatigue, but persist.
So, in the evening, you can see a group of men or a group of women competing with each other. Some old people and injured people who are unwilling to take a rest are setting up large pots and burning the wooden furniture or hay roofs that were dug out of the ruins to make rice soup. They are very experienced and can save both firewood and time. As soon as the food is done, they turn off the fire and carry several large pots to wait for people to come to receive the meal. This way, it really feels much better. Fewer people wake up hungry at night, and they are energetic. The head was full, but seeing that the food reserves were reduced and the sense of crisis was increasing, the energy became even stronger.
The heavy snow that had been falling for more than half a month finally stopped for half a day. On a rare sunny day, many people came out of the shelter to bask in the sun. They hung up the damp and cold bedding with ropes. Ye Zhen also found a place to bask in the sun. He and Ye Xiao took out the two quilts of their family of four to dry in the sun. But just after they had a rest, someone came and asked him to go to several other shelters and let him see how they were doing in martial arts. Ye Xiao did not refuse. He said a few words to Ye Zhen and then left.
Ye Zhen stayed there for a while, seeing that everyone was almost gone, and prepared to go back to the shelter.
But as soon as he stood up, he saw someone standing behind him.
The man is in black clothes and black hair, with a deep face, sword-shaped eyebrows and starry eyes, and a hard outline that is as sharp as a knife. His coldness is natural. Standing in the ice and snow at this moment, the unexpected fit seems to be exactly the same. The man was nearly 1.9 meters tall and slender. He lowered his eyes and looked at her with a condescending look.
Ye Zhen was surprised when she suddenly saw him: "Why is the young general here?"