Traveling back to 1977

Chapter 145, don't lead us astray.

The snow was getting heavier, and the howling of the north wind was almost the same as the night before.

Chen Fan, carrying his load, glanced at the piglets and lambs covered with straw, then focused his attention on his feet.

It didn't snow much in the morning, and the snow that fell earlier froze into ice. By noon, the snowflakes had grown larger, and the road surface had a structure of "thin snow on top and thick ice on the bottom".

This type of road surface is the most slippery, which is why Chen Fan has already mastered the basics of the horse stance and the horse riding stance, making him very stable when walking and able to handle unexpected situations. Otherwise, even if he were wearing wooden clogs, he would inevitably fall after taking a few steps.

He followed the footwork of the Five Elements Fist and finally made it back to the brigade headquarters before 2 o'clock.

As he stepped into the room and put down his basket, before he could even take off his straw hat and raincoat, Xiao Liewen rushed out, his eyes shining as he looked at him. "If I'm not mistaken, you've already mastered the basics of horse stance?"

He had been watching Chen Fan ever since he entered the courtyard. He usually thought Chen Fan's basic skills were quite good, but with this special weather today, he realized that in just a few days, Chen Fan seemed to have already mastered the basics.

Zhang Wenliang followed behind him, looking at Chen Fan as if he were a monster.

Chen Fan blinked, took off his straw hat and raincoat and hung them on the wooden nails on the wall, and said, "I don't know if I've mastered it yet. Anyway, I use the Five Elements Fist footwork every day to go to and from work. But I just came back from the commune and almost fell several times. I only managed to stay down because of my horse stance. It seems like I've made some progress compared to usual."

Xiao Liewen immediately pointed at him and said, "Try practicing the Five Elements Fist once."

Chen Fan said "Oh," moved the two baskets aside, and then meticulously began to warm up.

Although Xiao Liewen felt an itch to do something, he patiently waited until the other person finished the warm-up exercises.

Chen Fan then began practicing the Five Elements Fist.

After finishing a set of Five Elements Fist, Xiao Liewen let out a long breath and nodded slightly, saying, "Your horse stance has officially entered the basics, and your Five Elements Fist is starting to look decent. You can start practicing it formally now."

Zhang Wenliang, standing to the side, looked at him with a complicated expression. Chen Fan had only been learning for a few days? He himself had practiced for a full six months!

Chen Fan's eyes lit up. "Really? What will we learn next?"

At this moment, Secretary Yang, Captain Zhang, and Ye Shubao also came out and watched Xiao Liewen teach Chen Fan the Three-Body Stance and the Five Elements Saber in the main room of the front yard.

Ye Shubao smoked a cigarette and muttered, "Little Chen is the star of our Lujiawan. The broadcasting station and the veterinarian rely on him as their pillars. Will Old Xiao lead him astray?"

Captain Zhang squinted worriedly, silently considering the possibility that Chen Fan might be led astray, while a picture flashed through his mind.

A buffalo went berserk, and no one could handle it. Then Chen Fan stepped forward, grabbing the buffalo's tail and pulling it firmly. The buffalo was pulled backward, and in pain, it turned and charged at him. Chen Fan, however, rose to the challenge, bracing himself on the buffalo's horns and forcefully pressing down, throwing the buffalo to the ground. He then raised his head and declared with boundless pride, "Give the buffalo its medicine!"

Thinking of this, Zhang Changjiang couldn't help but shudder.

This veterinarian is pretty tough.

Just then, Secretary Yang shook his head and said with a confident expression, "It shouldn't be like that. Haven't you noticed that Xiao Chen learns everything very quickly? He's like that when he was learning veterinary medicine, and he's the same when he's learning martial arts. He definitely won't be led astray by Lao Xiao, as you say."

However, he became increasingly determined not to accept Chen Fan as a militiaman, otherwise he might really be led astray.

That old Xiao is really something. Why bother teaching Xiao Chen martial arts? If he has nothing better to do, he could go dig up a few turtles in the ditch to prepare for the New Year.

Xiao Liewen had no idea that his three old friends were secretly criticizing him. He taught the Three-Body Stance once, and then taught the Five Elements Saber once.

When Chen Fan practiced on his own, he carefully guided him from the side. "The Three-Body Stance is the foundational skill of Xingyi Quan, and it is also one of the best foundational skills of all internal martial arts. The horse stance and horse stance you learned before were just to lay the foundation. Practicing the Five Elements Fist is only to make the body more coordinated and to experience the various power changes of Xingyi Quan."

Once you've established a solid foundation and gotten the hang of it, you can start practicing boxing formally. The first step in boxing practice is the Santishi stance..."

As Chen Fan listened to him, he practiced diligently. Through his hard work and study, his martial arts skills finally reached LV3 (30/100).

The experience points have already reached such a high level right after leveling up; it's the result of years of hard work!

After finishing the practice, Xiao Liewen nodded in satisfaction, but then wiped the smile off his face and coughed lightly, "Not bad. You must practice diligently every day from now on and not slack off even once."

Chen Fan nodded excitedly, "I understand, practice makes perfect, and so does singing."

He paused for a moment, then laughed and said, "Captain Xiao is truly wise and capable. I was just thinking of clearing away the weeds on my plot of land, and you taught me the Five Elements Blade. Now I can use the Five Elements Blade to chop wood, which will definitely make things much easier!"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Liewen's lips twitched. He barely suppressed the urge to punch someone and asked in a deep voice, "You're going to use your kung fu to chop wood?"

Chen Fan chuckled and said, "You could say that you're cultivating at every moment."

Upon hearing this, Xiao Liewen felt that it made some sense, but something still felt off.

When Zhang Changjiang heard this, he felt that perhaps it wasn't Xiao Chen who was led astray, but rather Lao Xiao.

At this moment, Secretary Yang noticed two baskets placed against the wall. One basket contained two black and white piglets, and the other contained two pink lambs. Although they were covered with a lot of straw, they were already covered with snow.

He looked at Chen Fan again, reached out and took out the top layer of straw, shaking off the snow. "Did you buy this?"

Upon seeing this, Chen Fan quickly went over to clear the snow, nodding and saying, "I just bought it at the breeding station."

Xiao Liewen walked over, picked up a piglet and squeezed it a few times, "Not bad, quite sturdy."

Zhang Changjiang and Ye Shubao, who were standing nearby, nodded with satisfaction.

Buying piglets and lambs is good. Buying these things means that he considers this place his home. Once he has feelings for it, even if he finds a clue to go home later, he won't leave easily.

Watching Chen Fan go to the backyard, Ye Shubao suddenly asked, "Old Zhang, do you think the commune will transfer Xiao Chen there in the future?"

Zhang Changjiang squinted and shook his head slightly, "It's hard to say."

Xiao Liewen also frowned. "It can't be that bad, can it?" Zhang Changjiang thought for a moment. "Last night, Lao Yang and I went to see Secretary Qian to talk about the veterinary training quota. He seemed particularly happy and said that Xiao Chen is capable and hardworking, and is a rare talent."

Ye Shubao slapped his thigh, his face darkening. "Damn it, she must have taken a liking to him."

Just as the group was filled with worry, Secretary Yang calmly waved his hand and said, "No."

Everyone else immediately turned to look at him.

Secretary Yang took a puff of his cigarette, raised his head and looked towards the backyard, and laughed, "If Secretary Qian really thought highly of him, he wouldn't have agreed to give us extra training slots for veterinarians, and he wouldn't have specified that he had to go, otherwise the training slots would not count."

Hearing this, Zhang Changjiang and the others breathed a sigh of relief.

Since they strongly advocated that Chen Fan study veterinary medicine, it means they had no intention of transferring him to the commune government; otherwise, why would they do all this?
Since the commune leaders don't have this idea, no one can take people away from Lujiawan.

But thinking that Secretary Qian actually looked down on Chen Fan, Ye Shubao felt a little indignant and said sarcastically, "Our Secretary Qian has high standards. He doesn't even look down on people who can publish articles in the Prefectural Committee Daily. What kind of person could he possibly look down on?"

Secretary Yang turned to look at him and said meaningfully, "Do you think Secretary Qian looks down on Xiao Chen?"

Ye Shubao was stunned and stared blankly at him. "Didn't you say that?"

Secretary Yang slowly shook his head and said softly, "If he doesn't like it, he won't agree to our request. We must stick to principles and wait until the commune's veterinary station reopens classes before sending people over, instead of opening classes just for a few of them."

another,……"

He raised his pipe and took a puff, his gaze piercing through the smoke as if he could see the commune compound several kilometers away. "The commune is above us in Lujiawan, and the people of Lujiawan are the people of the commune. If we put Xiao Chen in Lujiawan, he's both one of our people and one of the commune's people. If the commune needs someone, can we stop them?"

Zhang Changjiang clapped his hands and nodded repeatedly, "That makes sense."

Xiao Liewen clicked his tongue and couldn't help but curse, "Old Qian has gone bad too. Oh, we support people and even give them work points, but he just summons them whenever he needs them. What kind of logic is that?"

Secretary Yang turned to look at him and chuckled, "Little Chen is still from Team 6, how come you dragged him to the brigade headquarters? Even if the brigade gave him work points, the homestead was still provided by Team 6, how many years' worth of work points could that be worth?"

Upon hearing this, Xiao Liewen fell silent.

He paused for two seconds, then burst out laughing, and the whole front yard erupted in laughter.

……

Hearing the laughter, Chen Fan glanced outside, puzzled, wondering what good thing had happened to them this time.

He then shook his head and continued reading and studying while still in a horse stance.

By the time he turned on the radio at 4 o'clock and turned it off at 5 o'clock, he had already gone through the entire set of veterinary training materials.

Overall, everything is under control.

Simply memorizing the common symptoms and treatments for diseases of poultry and livestock such as pigs, horses, cattle, sheep, chickens, ducks, and geese, and being able to accurately prescribe medicines, including both traditional Chinese medicine and Western medicine prescriptions, will make up one-third of the problem.

Then, by becoming familiar with the original form, processing methods, medicinal properties and pharmacology of various herbs, another third of the knowledge was acquired.

As for the remaining part, it consists of some animal meridians, acupoints, and acupuncture methods.

In short, if Chen Fan is given three days, he will be able to complete the game.

Oh, by the way, the training course won't start until after the Lantern Festival.

So, should I just apply for graduation on my own?

As Chen Fan packed his things, he casually took the sleeping Eurasian Falcon out of its box, pondering how likely this was.

In the end, I felt it still wouldn't work.

Because he wasn't just working alone; he also had to lead two teammates.

In other words, he went to the training course not to be a student, but to be a teaching assistant!
In this way, there is naturally no possibility of graduating early.

Well, for the sake of a happy and fulfilling life in the future, I'll just have to be a little tired for now.

As Chen Fan passed through the front yard, he greeted several leaders and then prepared to go home.

At this moment, Zhang Wenliang came out carrying a paper bag tied with a rope and handed it to him. "This is from my ninth brother. He troubled you to cook a few dishes and make him look good, but you didn't eat a single bite yourself. You just gave me this little something. Take it back and cook it yourself."

Chen Fan waved his hand and said, "What's this all about? I just cooked a few dishes, it's not a big deal..."

Before he could finish speaking, Zhang Wenliang hung the rope directly on the wooden stick that served as a carrying pole. "It's just a pound of meat and half a pig's liver. It's not worth much. You can take it back and have it as an extra meal."

He then smiled and said, "The day after tomorrow is the 22nd of the twelfth lunar month. It's our militia company's last training session of the year. Are you coming?"

Chen Fan didn't bother with formalities anymore and immediately nodded and smiled, "If it doesn't interfere with my work, I'll definitely come."

Zhang Wenliang gestured, "Okay, then I'll reserve a set of equipment for you."

He then burst into laughter, "During the training camp, we always eat picnics outside by ourselves. If you were willing to come, everyone would definitely be very happy."

Chen Fan laughed and said, "Alright, I guess I can't escape being a part-time chef."

(End of this chapter)