Reborn before the famine, kicking away the scumbag's family and living a carefree life.

68. Joining the army (6)

Minister Ye frowned and tapped his fingers lightly on the table.

He was thinking, weighing the pros and cons, struggling, and making a decision.

Finally, he seemed to have made up his mind.

“During our training last night, one of the new recruits fainted. He was severely anemic due to prolonged hunger. Normally, this wouldn’t be a big problem. After he’s been in the army for a while and his nutrition has improved, he’ll be fine. After all, he’s young and his physical condition is not bad.”

In fact, most of this year's new recruits are malnourished; they've been starving for almost a year, and most are suffering from some degree of malnutrition. After all, our county is currently experiencing a famine, and this situation is not an isolated case.

Qi Zhengyang: "They are soldiers. Soldiers are people who can go to the battlefield at any time. Wouldn't a soldier who might faint at any time be a drag on the whole team?"

“We also have this concern, so since Qi Anrong is here, let him take a physical fitness test and a medical examination. If he passes, he can replace the child with severe anemia!”

Qi Zhengyang was overjoyed.

Qi Anrong also suddenly raised his head.

There's still a chance.

“No problem, Qi Anrong is perfectly healthy. Even though there is a famine, our family would rather our parents go hungry than let our child go hungry. He is not anemic.”

As expected, Qi Anrong passed the physical fitness test and medical examination smoothly.

This was also thanks to the grain that Qi Zhengyang had stockpiled beforehand. When everyone else ran out of food, the Qi family still had at least one meal a day.

In the end, Qi Anrong stayed and took the place of the child with severe anemia.

Qi Zhengyang then went to help him obtain various replacement certificates and recommendation letters without delay.

Previously, Qi Zhengyang had asked Su Jinru to give her sister's spot to Qi Anrong, which caused quite a stir in Daben Village.

Now Qi Zhengyang comes to Sanbao to get a certificate, and Sanbao thinks Qi Zhengyang is a very ridiculous person.

How can a teacher be so quick to ask someone to give up a spot that has already been secured for them?

And they actually came to get the certificate and go through the procedures.

It's absolutely hilarious. Let's see if he can actually go in the end.

Township Head Wang had the same idea; the quota was already set yesterday, and there were enough spots. This Qi Zhengyang still wanted to cause trouble; let him do whatever he wanted.

After all, Qi Zhengyang is a primary school teacher and principal. If classes resume in the future, my child might have to be handed over to him. It's just a letter of recommendation, so I'll just write it!

Anyway, he won't need it.

Qi Zhengyang completed the necessary procedures and handed them over to Minister Ye.

Minister Ye said, "These new recruits will be sent to their units first thing tomorrow morning. You and your uncle should say goodbye!"

Qi Zhengyang saw Qi Anrong, who had been called out from the ranks. He was wearing a brand-new military uniform, tall and handsome, and looked a lot like him.

Qi Zhengyang was both excited and proud.

Thank goodness, I almost missed it.

After a great deal of effort, I finally got what I wanted.

Qi Zhengyang held Qi Anrong's hand tightly.

“An Rong! You see! Opportunities are something you have to fight for yourself. As long as you dare to dream, work hard enough, and don’t give up, the impossible can become possible.”

If his second uncle's words had been spoken on a normal day, he would have thought they were well said, but he would never have felt them as deeply as he did now.

He almost missed out on getting that military uniform.

It was my second uncle's persistence, hard work, and never giving up that brought about a breakthrough.

This was such a vivid lesson for him. He had to remember his second uncle's words: everything had to be earned by himself.

That evening, Ye Xiaolong recalled Qi Zhengyang's visit with his nephew that morning. With his keen sense as a soldier, he felt that something was amiss.

In Ye Xiaolong's eyes, Su Jinru was a simple and honest woman. Although she was just a rural woman, she had a refined manner and speech.

But her husband, Qi Zhengyang, is too materialistic.

Even though he said there were already enough spots, he still insisted on finding a way to help him.

He kept mentioning Su Jinru, simply to use the fact that Su Jinru had helped him in the past to pressure him.

If it were Su Jinru, she would never do that.

She wouldn't force anyone, so she didn't intervene.

She tried to stop them from coming, but they came anyway.

It's so purposeful and utilitarian.

Ye Xiaolong finally decided to call County Chief Zhang to inquire about the specific situation of Qi Zhengyang and Su Jinru.

County Chief Zhang Jingui is from the same village as them, so he should know the situation quite well.

Su Jinyu's recommendation letter was written by County Chief Zhang himself, which shows that County Chief Zhang attaches great importance to this matter and has a close relationship with their family. He supports Su Jinyu joining the army. But why didn't Qi Anrong ask County Chief Zhang to write his recommendation letter?

The person on the other end of the phone said that County Chief Zhang had gone out.

Ye Xiaolong: "Then please wait until County Chief Zhang returns and tell him that I have spoken to him and ask him to call me back."

The other party said they would definitely pass on the message to him.

But the phone didn't ring all night.

The next morning, just as the vehicle carrying the new recruits was setting off, County Chief Zhang finally called the office.

"Minister Ye, I heard you called me last night?"

Ye Xiaolong then recounted in detail how Qi Zhengyang had brought Qi Anrong to the Armed Forces Department to find him.

Zhang Jingui frowned upon hearing this.

"Minister Ye, you may not know this, but Qi Zhengyang divorced Su Jinru nine months ago and has now remarried. He has nothing to do with Su Jinru anymore."

Ye Xiaolong froze.

So, he was deceived by Qi Zhengyang.

Even though they've already divorced and remarried, he still shamelessly claims to be Su Jinru's husband.

No wonder he felt that Qi Zhengyang and Su Jinru were not the same kind of people.

Jin Gui: "Normally, we shouldn't talk about other people's private affairs, but this Qi Zhengyang is really a scoundrel. He didn't cherish such a good wife as Su Jinru and had an improper relationship with a married woman from their school. Because of this, Su Jinru filed for divorce. But Su Jinru is a good person; she never revealed the real reason for their divorce. Even after the divorce, she protected Qi Zhengyang's reputation. In the end, it was Qi Zhengyang's own indiscretion that led to him being caught red-handed by that woman's husband. That's when the affair was exposed. Later, that woman divorced her husband, and only then did the two of them get together."

"Now he still has the nerve to pretend to be Su Jinru's husband and go to see you."

Ye Xiaolong was so angry that he slammed his fist on the table.

"Damn it, I actually got fooled by this kind of person. If you had received my call last night, I would have known all this and everything might still be alright. But now, the convoy that was taking the new recruits has already left."